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Fire near Emakhazeni Local Municipality

Status: ✓ Confirmed

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

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Where Emakhazeni Local Municipality · Mpumalanga
First detected9 Oct 2026 00:05 UTC
Last detected9 Oct 2026 06:29 UTC
Satellite detections8
Peak intensity87 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 — Emakhazeni Local Municipality (Sentinel-2, 2026-10-09) Before — Emakhazeni Local Municipality (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-12) Before · 2026-09-12 After · 2026-10-09

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 8

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
9 Oct 2026 06:29 UTC33firms
9 Oct 2026 06:29 UTC87firms
9 Oct 2026 06:29 UTC17firms
9 Oct 2026 06:29 UTC65firms
9 Oct 2026 06:29 UTC10firms
9 Oct 2026 00:05 UTC1firms
9 Oct 2026 00:05 UTC1firms
9 Oct 2026 00:05 UTC1firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 9 Oct 2026

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