Wildfires in South Africa on 1 October 2026
92Significant fires
90Confirmed
- Emalahleni Local Municipality✓ Confirmed38 MW
- Eastern Cape✓ Confirmed46 MW
- Elundini Local Municipality✓ Confirmed48 MW
- Eastern Cape✓ Confirmed25 MW
- Eastern Cape✓ Confirmed18 MW
- Eastern Cape✓ Confirmed86 MW
- Senqu Local Municipality✓ Confirmed24 MW
- Ekhephini✓ Confirmed34 MW
- Eastern Cape✓ Confirmed38 MW
- Eastern Cape✓ Confirmed77 MW
- Nxuba Local Municipality✓ Confirmed22 MW
- Eastern Cape✓ Confirmed25 MW
- Free State✓ Confirmed40 MW
- Dihlabeng Local Municipality✓ Confirmed40 MW
- Free State✓ Confirmed15 MW
- Free State✓ Confirmed62 MW
- Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality✓ Confirmed42 MW
- Phumelela Local Municipality✓ Confirmed51 MW
- Free State✓ Confirmed80 MW
- Free State✓ Confirmed145 MW
- Free State✓ Confirmed17 MW
- Phumelela Local Municipality✓ Confirmed16 MW
- Setsoto Local Municipality✓ Confirmed62 MW
- Free State✓ Confirmed39 MW
- Phumelela Local Municipality✓ Confirmed40 MW
- Vrede✓ Confirmed47 MW
- Setsoto Local Municipality✓ Confirmed26 MW
- KwaZulu-Natal✓ Confirmed26 MW
- KwaZulu-Natal✓ Confirmed111 MW
- Okhahlamba Local Municipality✓ Confirmed19 MW
- KwaZulu-Natal✓ Confirmed24 MW
- Alfred Duma Local Municipality✓ Confirmed38 MW
- Impendle Local MunicipalityPossible15 MW
- Okhahlamba Local Municipality✓ Confirmed17 MW
- Msinga Local Municipality✓ Confirmed41 MW
- KwaZulu-Natal✓ Confirmed124 MW
- KwaZulu-Natal✓ Confirmed16 MW
- Ulundi Local Municipality✓ Confirmed74 MW
- KwaZulu-Natal✓ Confirmed141 MW
- eDumbe Local Municipality✓ Confirmed15 MW
- eDumbe Local Municipality✓ Confirmed27 MW
- KwaZulu-Natal✓ Confirmed52 MW
- KwaZulu-Natal✓ Confirmed20 MW
- KwaZulu-Natal✓ Confirmed19 MW
- KwaZulu-Natal✓ Confirmed18 MW
- KwaZulu-Natal✓ Confirmed25 MW
- KwaZulu-Natal✓ Confirmed29 MW
- Melmoth✓ Confirmed47 MW
- Greytown✓ Confirmed20 MW
- KwaZulu-Natal✓ Confirmed37 MW
- Newcastle Local Municipality✓ Confirmed20 MW
- Mpofana Local Municipality✓ Confirmed22 MW
- KwaZulu-NatalPossible16 MW
- KwaZulu-Natal✓ Confirmed48 MW
- KwaZulu-Natal✓ Confirmed15 MW
- Kwa Sani Local Municipality✓ Confirmed34 MW
- Abaqulusi Local Municipality✓ Confirmed15 MW
- Ingwe Local Municipality✓ Confirmed80 MW
- Richmond✓ Confirmed78 MW
- KwaZulu-Natal✓ Confirmed16 MW
- Alfred Duma Local Municipality✓ Confirmed34 MW
- Okhahlamba Local Municipality✓ Confirmed81 MW
- Msinga Local Municipality✓ Confirmed16 MW
- Msinga Local Municipality✓ Confirmed26 MW
- Dannhauser Local Municipality✓ Confirmed26 MW
- eMondlo✓ Confirmed20 MW
- Greater Kokstad Local Municipality✓ Confirmed47 MW
- KwaZulu-Natal✓ Confirmed163 MW
- Greater Kokstad Local Municipality✓ Confirmed23 MW
- Okhahlamba Local Municipality✓ Confirmed45 MW
- KwaZulu-Natal✓ Confirmed17 MW
- Umvoti Local Municipality✓ Confirmed64 MW
- Mpumalanga✓ Confirmed116 MW
- Govan Mbeki Local Municipality✓ Confirmed47 MW
- Daggakraal✓ Confirmed24 MW
- Middelburg✓ Confirmed26 MW
- Mpumalanga✓ Confirmed26 MW
- Mpumalanga✓ Confirmed145 MW
- Mpumalanga✓ Confirmed108 MW
- Mpumalanga✓ Confirmed21 MW
- Mpumalanga✓ Confirmed87 MW
- Mpumalanga✓ Confirmed30 MW
- Mpumalanga✓ Confirmed66 MW
- Wakkerstroom✓ Confirmed19 MW
- Pixley Ka Seme Local Municipality✓ Confirmed27 MW
- Mpumalanga✓ Confirmed52 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.