Overall Green Forest fire in South Africa from 03 Jul 2025 00:00 UTC to 04 Jul 2025 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (5424 ha) in South Africa 03 Jul 2025

Event summary

This forest fire is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the burned area and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	WF 1024177
Countries:	South Africa
Start Date - Last detection*:	03 Jul 2025 - 04 Jul 2025
Duration (days):	1
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	5424 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

*(Last detection of the thermal anomaly of the fire)

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13 Jul 19:08

Impact Timeline

ID	Level	Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	0	5424	13 Jul 2025 18:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in South Africa , Province of Mpumalanga (population 2,634,018) .

Radius	Population
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Mpumalanga	South Africa	2.6 million people
Northern	South Africa	4.7 million people

Affected populated places

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Nederland		427				0	16 km
Tanda Tula	TDT	unknown				0	19 km
Khoka Moya	KHO	unknown				0	21 km
Hoedspruit AB		527	Mil.	Paved	No	12100	37 km
Inyati	INY	unknown				0	43 km
Malamala West		381				0	47 km
Malamala	AAM	341	Priv.	Unpaved	No	3700	49 km
Hendrik Van Eck	PHW	435	Priv.	Paved	Yes	4500	57 km
Skukuza	SZK	311	Priv.	Paved	Yes	5000	65 km
Pilgrims Rest		1224	Priv.	Unpaved	No	3900	77 km
Sabi Sabi	GSS	unknown				0	101 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Jan Wassenaar	Klaserie	1979	38 km
	Phalaborwa Barrage	Olifants	1974	45 km
	Injaka	Marite	2002	64 km
	Blyderivierspoort	Blyde	1979	65 km
	Dagama	Witwaters	1979	92 km
Massinger Barragen	Massingir	Elefantes	1976	94 km
	Ohrigstad	Ohrigstad	1979	99 km
	Klipkopjes	Wit	1979	100 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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