Seven people were killed this past week and 196 homes have been completely destroyed as a result of raging wildfires in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal Province, the provincial government said on July 13, Report informs referring to Xinhua.

The wildfires that started a week ago have affected a total of 751 people, and have damaged farms and homes in districts including King Cetshwayo, Ilembe, uThukela and Zululand, the provincial department of cooperative governance and traditional affairs said in a statement.

Over 14,000 hectares of grazing land have been destroyed by the fires with 1,600 animals lost, the department said.