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Fire near Steve Tshwete 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 Steve Tshwete Local Municipality · Mpumalanga
First detected12 Sep 2026 10:56 UTC
Last detected12 Sep 2026 12:38 UTC
Satellite detections28
Peak intensity58 MW
Active days1

Satellite before & after

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After — Steve Tshwete Local Municipality (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-12) Before — Steve Tshwete Local Municipality (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-02) Before · 2026-09-02 After · 2026-09-12

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 28

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
12 Sep 2026 12:38 UTC3firms
12 Sep 2026 12:38 UTC32firms
12 Sep 2026 12:38 UTC58firms
12 Sep 2026 12:38 UTC32firms
12 Sep 2026 12:38 UTC47firms
12 Sep 2026 12:38 UTC4firms
12 Sep 2026 12:38 UTC13firms
12 Sep 2026 12:38 UTC10firms
12 Sep 2026 12:38 UTC32firms
12 Sep 2026 12:38 UTC10firms
12 Sep 2026 12:38 UTC32firms
12 Sep 2026 12:38 UTC4firms
12 Sep 2026 12:38 UTC10firms
12 Sep 2026 12:38 UTC58firms
12 Sep 2026 12:38 UTC13firms
12 Sep 2026 12:38 UTC36firms
12 Sep 2026 12:38 UTC47firms
12 Sep 2026 12:38 UTC58firms
12 Sep 2026 12:38 UTC58firms
12 Sep 2026 12:00 UTC5firms
12 Sep 2026 12:00 UTC12firms
12 Sep 2026 12:00 UTC12firms
12 Sep 2026 11:17 UTC16firms
12 Sep 2026 11:17 UTC14firms
12 Sep 2026 10:56 UTC32firms
12 Sep 2026 10:56 UTC28firms
12 Sep 2026 10:56 UTC21firms
12 Sep 2026 10:56 UTC21firms

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