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In the 2017/18 wildfire season, firefighters dealt with around 17,000 incidents. Picture: 123rf.

Cape fire season

Warnings of a riskier wildfire season in the Western Cape

By Kaylynn Palm

Despite this, the Western Cape Environmental Affairs Department says firefighters are ready and prepared to respond.

  • FILE: A helicopter works to put out a fire at Signal Hill. Picture: Working on Fire.

    Fire crews contain mountain blaze in Camps Bay

    The City of Cape Town’s fire services, Working on Fire and Table Mountain National Parks were deployed to Lower Kloof Road.

    900 days ago
  • Firefighters keep flames from homes in Buffalo Bay, Knysna. Pictures: Thomas Holder/EWN

    Knysna fires: Two years on

    The report says more fire risk assessments must be done in communities that border wildlife and it has also found that more should be done to control fire-prone alien vegetation around communities.

    1082 days ago
  • FILE: Working on Fire members battle a blaze. Picture: @wo_fire /Twitter

    Preparation sees WC reduce fire incidents to 14,000

    Even though individual fire incidents decreased from about 17,000 two years ago to around 14,000 this past season, officials said the enormity of the blazes were on the rise.

    1147 days ago
  • A view of the burning Holy Cross Primary School building in Zonnebloem, Cape Town. Picture: @TrafficSA/Twitter.

    Fire burning at Holy Cross Primary School in Cape Town

    The pupils have been evacuated and no injuries have been reported.

    1202 days ago
  • Families of the Overcome Heights informal settlement have had to rebuild their lives after a fire destroyed 500 structures. Picture: Bertram Malgas/EWN

    [VIDEO] Blaze destroys 500 structures in Overcome Heights

    The fire which started at five o’clock on Thursday afternoon, spread through the community before residents could empty their homes.

    1306 days ago
  • A view of the smoke from vegetation fires burning along the N2. Picture: @CapeTownFreeway/Twitter.

    CT firefighters battle vegetation fires along N2

    The city’s Theo Layne says the cause of the fire is undetermined.

    1594 days ago
  • Mary-Ann’s Emporium & Eatery on Sir Lowry’s Road burnt down during a fire in the Gordon's Bay area.  Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN

    Gordon’s Bay fire damage to run into millions

    There’s a long way to go for the people who lost their homes and livelihoods in the Gordon's Bay Fire.

    1657 days ago
  • One of the properties that were damaged in the Gordon's Bay fire. Picture: City of Cape Town

    Gordon’s Bay residents count costs after fire destroys homes

    Much of the area was also without power after two substations were damaged in the fire.

    1658 days ago
  • FILE: A firefighter puts out a veld fire in Cape Town. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.

    Over 100 deployed to various Cape fire scenes

    In Kensington, six fire engines are on the scene of a large vegetation fire at the corner of Voortrekker Road & 18th Avenue.

    1912 days ago
  • FILE: A Cape Town fire fighter battles a blaze. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    WC firefighters battle Overberg blaze

    The wildfire, which is yet to be contained, stretches across 4,000 hectares between the Overberg Missile Test Range and De Hoop Airstrip.

    1913 days ago
  • FILE: Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    Firefighters monitoring Hout Bay blaze

    The fire broke out on Wednesday afternoon. There is no immediate threat to property.

    1916 days ago
  • EMS vehicles seen during firefighting operations in Pringle Bay. Picture: Shamiela Fisher/EWN.

    Destructive wildfire in Pringle Bay contained

    A house was destroyed & two other properties damaged as some residents feared for their families & properties amid the blaze.

    1918 days ago
  • Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    3rd extensive vegetation fire sweeps through Paarl, no injuries reported

    More than 1000 hectares of land has been destroyed in the blaze, which broke out near the Du Toitskloof Pass on Thursday.

    1933 days ago
  • A firefighter pictured on scene of a fire that broke out near Du Toitskloof Pass on 2 February 2017. Picture: Kevin Brandt/EWN.

    Fire fighting efforts continue near Du Toitskloof Pass

    A blaze broke out on Thursday and fire crews battled flames overnight.

    1936 days ago
  • A sreengrab shows a blaze in Stilbaai on 15 January 2016. Picture: @wo_fire

    Cape fires: Emergency fund launched to assist farmers

    The Stilbaai Business Chamber has launched an emergency fund to assist farmers who lost crops & property in devastating fires.

    1944 days ago
  • FILE: This file photo shows Working on Fire firefighters battle a blaze in the Helderberg in the Western Cape. Picture: @wo_fire/Twitter

    WC fire season: Firefighters monitor hot spots

    Firefighters are monitoring hot spots in the Stilbaai area after a blaze ravaged hundreds of hectares of land.

    1950 days ago
  • A fire engine at the Strand fire station. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN

    Fire season: Stilbaai blaze 'finally' under control

    Veld fires across the Peninsula, Paarl, Stilbaai & Tulbagh are but a few that have wreaked havoc in recent weeks.

    1951 days ago
  • FILE: Several people filled their vehicles with belongings and fled farms in the Paarl region on 17 January 2017 amid firefighting efforts. Picture: Ilze-Marie le Roux/EWN.

    Severe fire warning issued for Western Cape

    The Environmental Affairs Department says extremely hot, dry & windy conditions are being experienced across the province.

    1952 days ago
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