Active wildfires in South Africa
Live list of significant wildfires currently detected across South Africa.
47Active fires
47Confirmed
- Mookgopong Local Municipality✓ Confirmed158 MW
- Lephalale Local Municipality✓ Confirmed168 MW
- Lepelle-Nkumpi Local Municipality✓ Confirmed49 MW
- Makhado Local Municipality✓ Confirmed46 MW
- Greater Giyani Local Municipality✓ Confirmed295 MW
- Steelpoort✓ Confirmed27 MW
- Penge✓ Confirmed15 MW
- Polokwane Local Municipality✓ Confirmed24 MW
- Matlala✓ Confirmed31 MW
- Molemole Local Municipality✓ Confirmed257 MW
- Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality✓ Confirmed137 MW
- Limpopo✓ Confirmed21 MW
- Limpopo✓ Confirmed184 MW
- Lepelle-Nkumpi Local Municipality✓ Confirmed33 MW
- Mogalakwena Local Municipality✓ Confirmed67 MW
- Mogalakwena Local Municipality✓ Confirmed41 MW
- Limpopo✓ Confirmed32 MW
- Limpopo✓ Confirmed18 MW
- Limpopo✓ Confirmed21 MW
- Thabazimbi Local Municipality✓ Confirmed140 MW
- Limpopo✓ Confirmed17 MW
- Govan Mbeki Local Municipality✓ Confirmed26 MW
- Thembisile Hani Local Municipality✓ Confirmed33 MW
- Mpumalanga✓ Confirmed55 MW
- Mpumalanga✓ Confirmed20 MW
- Mbombela✓ Confirmed25 MW
- Dr JS Moroka Local Municipality✓ Confirmed122 MW
- Thaba Chweu Local Municipality✓ Confirmed36 MW
- Mpumalanga✓ Confirmed17 MW
- Albert Luthuli Local Municipality✓ Confirmed20 MW
- Albert Luthuli Local Municipality✓ Confirmed23 MW
- Albert Luthuli Local Municipality✓ Confirmed29 MW
- Dr JS Moroka Local Municipality✓ Confirmed23 MW
- Pixley Ka Seme Local Municipality✓ Confirmed16 MW
- Albert Luthuli Local Municipality✓ Confirmed15 MW
- Mpumalanga✓ Confirmed22 MW
⚠️ 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.