Wildfires in South Africa on 11 October 2026

🗺️ Eastern Cape1

• 🟡Elundini Local Municipality✓ Confirmed24 MW12 d→

🗺️ Free State3

• 🟠Free State✓ Confirmed60 MW12 d→
• 🟡Free State✓ Confirmed35 MW12 d→
• 🟡Free State✓ Confirmed15 MW12 d→

🗺️ Gauteng1

• 🟡Gauteng✓ Confirmed21 MW12 d→

🗺️ KwaZulu-Natal14

• 🟠Nkandla Local Municipality✓ Confirmed74 MW12 d→
• 🟡eMadlangeni Local Municipality✓ Confirmed26 MW12 d→
• 🟡Alfred Duma Local Municipality✓ Confirmed24 MW12 d→
• 🟡Nkandla✓ Confirmed15 MW12 d→
• 🟡Nkandla Local Municipality✓ Confirmed20 MW12 d→
• 🟡Nquthu Local MunicipalityPossible22 MW12 d→
• 🟡Newcastle Local Municipality✓ Confirmed39 MW13 d→
• 🟡KwaZulu-Natal✓ Confirmed17 MW13 d→
• 🟡KwaZulu-Natal✓ Confirmed17 MW13 d→
• 🟡KwaZulu-Natal✓ Confirmed16 MW13 d→
• 🟡KwaZulu-Natal✓ Confirmed17 MW13 d→
• 🟡KwaZulu-Natal✓ Confirmed17 MW13 d→
• 🟡KwaZulu-Natal✓ Confirmed21 MW13 d→
• 🟠KwaZulu-Natal✓ Confirmed158 MW13 d→

🗺️ Limpopo5

• 🟠Modimolle Local Municipality✓ Confirmed120 MW12 d→
• 🟡Limpopo✓ Confirmed28 MW12 d→
• 🟡Makhado Local Municipality✓ Confirmed24 MW12 d→
• 🟠Polokwane Local Municipality✓ Confirmed90 MW13 d→
• 🟡Limpopo✓ Confirmed23 MW13 d→

🗺️ Mpumalanga11

• 🟡Govan Mbeki Local Municipality✓ Confirmed26 MW12 d→
• 🟡Mpumalanga✓ Confirmed26 MW12 d→
• 🟡Middelburg✓ Confirmed22 MW12 d→
• 🟡Mpumalanga✓ Confirmed36 MW12 d→
• 🟡Mkhondo Local Municipality✓ Confirmed23 MW12 d→
• 🔴Msukaligwa✓ Confirmed254 MW12 d→
• 🟠Mpumalanga✓ Confirmed60 MW13 d→
• 🟡Mpumalanga✓ Confirmed45 MW13 d→
• 🟡Mpumalanga✓ Confirmed18 MW13 d→
• 🟡Msukaligwa✓ Confirmed28 MW13 d→
• 🟡Msukaligwa✓ Confirmed19 MW13 d→

🗺️ North West1

• 🟡Ditsobotla Local Municipality✓ Confirmed44 MW12 d→

⚠️ 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.