New wildfires have broken out

According to reports on 8 September 2008, new wildfires have broken out in South Africa's Limpopo, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal provinces. Firefighters have been battling blazes in Eshowe, Hluhluwe and Vryheid in northern KwaZulu-Natal and, most recently, in Kokstad in southern KwaZulu-Natal, since 6 September; additional affected areas include Makgoebaskloof, which is located outside Tzaneen, in the Mopani district in northern Limpopo province. At least one person was killed in the weekend fires. The new fires follow several other wildfires last week that killed at least 30 people throughout South Africa. The fires are expected to continue until at least 9 September due to persistent dry and hot weather.