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Fire near Msukaligwa

Status: ✓ Confirmed

This fire is confirmed by an EFFIS burnt-area perimeter or by repeated, intense satellite detections.

⚠️ The fires shown are automatic satellite heat detections from NASA FIRMS. They are not verified on the ground and are not 100% accurate — they can include false alarms (industrial heat, gas flares, sun glint) or miss small or cloud-covered fires. Do not use this map for safety decisions; always follow official emergency sources.

Where Msukaligwa · Mpumalanga
First detected11 Oct 2026 11:15 UTC
Last detected11 Oct 2026 12:14 UTC
Satellite detections13
Peak intensity28 MW
Active days1

Satellite before & after

High-resolution Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery of the area, before the fire and after. Drag the slider to compare.

After — Msukaligwa (Sentinel-2, 2026-10-11) Before — Msukaligwa (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-01) Before · 2026-09-01 After · 2026-10-11

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 13

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
11 Oct 2026 12:14 UTC7firms
11 Oct 2026 12:14 UTC14firms
11 Oct 2026 12:14 UTC14firms
11 Oct 2026 12:14 UTC13firms
11 Oct 2026 12:14 UTC13firms
11 Oct 2026 12:14 UTC8firms
11 Oct 2026 11:53 UTC15firms
11 Oct 2026 11:53 UTC15firms
11 Oct 2026 11:53 UTC15firms
11 Oct 2026 11:15 UTC10firms
11 Oct 2026 11:15 UTC17firms
11 Oct 2026 11:15 UTC28firms
11 Oct 2026 11:15 UTC15firms

Official & data sources

EFFIS / Copernicus fire viewer ↗ NASA FIRMS active-fire data ↗ AFIS — Advanced Fire Information System (CSIR) ↗

All fires on 11 Oct 2026

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