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Wildfires in South Africa

Wildfires: active fire clusters detected by NASA FIRMS (VIIRS satellite thermal detections, grouped per grid cell of about 11 km and per UTC day; only clusters with at least 5 detections and 100 MW of fire radiative power are listed, so agricultural burns and industrial flares can appear), official US incidents from NIFC/WFIGS (100 acres and above, not fully contained) and wildfire alerts from GDACS. Satellite detections are not evacuation orders or official danger levels; follow local authorities.

Sources: NIFC / WFIGS, NASA FIRMS (VIIRS), GDACS. Satellite detections and incident records are copied from the providers and are not verified by alerts.live. Follow the instructions of local authorities.

Open the live map Countries: South Africa

Live counts

2active now
2Last 24 hours
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30-day snapshot

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Busiest day: 2026-10-23 (8)

By type

Satellite fire cluster10

Active now

EventAreaCountriesStartUntilSource
Satellite fire cluster · 130 MWNear Siyabuswa (-24.91, 29.13)South AfricaNASA FIRMS (VIIRS)
Satellite fire cluster · 110 MWNear Mpophomeni (-29.63, 29.98)South AfricaNASA FIRMS (VIIRS)

Earlier in the last 30 days

EventAreaCountriesStartUntilSource
Satellite fire cluster · 198 MWNear Bochum (-23.03, 29.32)South AfricaNASA FIRMS (VIIRS)
Satellite fire cluster · 146 MWNear Sebayeng (-23.45, 29.56)South AfricaNASA FIRMS (VIIRS)
Satellite fire cluster · 123 MWNear Glencoe (-28.25, 29.85)South AfricaNASA FIRMS (VIIRS)
Satellite fire cluster · 131 MWNear Giyani (-23.46, 31.14)South AfricaNASA FIRMS (VIIRS)
Satellite fire cluster · 126 MWNear Mokopane (-24.25, 29.11)South AfricaNASA FIRMS (VIIRS)
Satellite fire cluster · 171 MWNear Mookgophong (-24.44, 28.83)South AfricaNASA FIRMS (VIIRS)
Satellite fire cluster · 144 MWNear Burgersfort (-24.75, 30.26)South AfricaNASA FIRMS (VIIRS)
Satellite fire cluster · 137 MWNear Mbombela (-25.38, 30.65)South AfricaNASA FIRMS (VIIRS)

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