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Fire near Emalahleni Local Municipality

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 Emalahleni Local Municipality · Mpumalanga
First detected16 Sep 2026 00:01 UTC
Last detected17 Sep 2026 19:02 UTC
Satellite detections25
Peak intensity18 MW
Active days2

Satellite detections — 25

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
17 Sep 2026 19:02 UTC11firms
17 Sep 2026 12:44 UTC4firms
17 Sep 2026 12:08 UTC8firms
17 Sep 2026 11:21 UTC9firms
17 Sep 2026 01:17 UTC8firms
17 Sep 2026 00:16 UTC1firms
17 Sep 2026 00:16 UTC1firms
17 Sep 2026 00:16 UTC3firms
16 Sep 2026 23:39 UTC1firms
16 Sep 2026 23:39 UTC6firms
16 Sep 2026 22:57 UTC18firms
16 Sep 2026 22:57 UTC9firms
16 Sep 2026 22:57 UTC3firms
16 Sep 2026 22:57 UTC2firms
16 Sep 2026 22:35 UTC2firms
16 Sep 2026 22:35 UTC1firms
16 Sep 2026 22:35 UTC2firms
16 Sep 2026 22:35 UTC2firms
16 Sep 2026 22:35 UTC2firms
16 Sep 2026 22:35 UTC1firms
16 Sep 2026 22:35 UTC1firms
16 Sep 2026 22:35 UTC0firms
16 Sep 2026 11:42 UTC4firms
16 Sep 2026 00:01 UTC3firms
16 Sep 2026 00:01 UTC3firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 16 Sep 2026

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