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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.

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Where Msukaligwa · Mpumalanga
First detected19 Oct 2026 06:27 UTC
Last detected19 Oct 2026 13:59 UTC
Satellite detections3
Peak intensity21 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, 2026-10-19) Before — Msukaligwa (Sentinel-2, 2026-10-09) Before · 2026-10-09 After · 2026-10-19

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 3

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
19 Oct 2026 13:59 UTC21firms
19 Oct 2026 12:44 UTC7firms
19 Oct 2026 06:27 UTC10firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 19 Oct 2026

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