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Firefighters continue to tirelessly battle wildfires amid the heatwave. Picture: Supplied

Cape town fire and rescue services

Trapped in heatwave, firefighters battle Cape fires while SPCA appeals for help

By Saya Pierce-Jones

The SPCA is appealing to anyone who can assist their desperate attempts to raise funds as they tend to survivors of the devasting Cape fires.

  • FILE: A City of Cape Town fire engine at the scene of a fire. Picture: Graig-Lee Smith/Eyewitness News

    Attacks on first responders the work of cowards & criminals - CoCT's Smith

    Firefighters were threatened while responding to a call in Overcome Heights on Saturday, while a water tanker was damaged in Lakeside at another scene.

    612 days ago
  • Working on Fire members battle a blaze in the Waboomskraal area and on slopes of Outeniqua Mountain above Witfontein Plantation on 29 October 2018. Picture: @wo_fire /Twitter

    Western Cape is fire season ready

    It warns wildfires seem to be getting worse every year and conditions are still hazardous, due to drought over the past few years.

    980 days ago
  • A fire engine at the Roeland Street fire station in Cape Town. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/EWN

    CT firefighters asked to leave stations after refusing to work overtime

    Some firefighters refused to work a 24-hour shift and only worked for eight hours after they claimed that they were not being paid for overtime work.

    1045 days ago
  • FILE: A fire engine at the Strand fire station. Picture: EWN.

    CT firefighters affiliated to Samwu stop working overtime shifts from today

    Last week, the firefighters marched to the Civic Centre and Parliament to demand a change to the overtime pay structure.

    1046 days ago
  • FILE: A fire engine. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN

    1 dead, 2 wounded in Gugulethu house fire

    The incident occurred on Thursday and authorities said that the victim was a 6-year-old girl.

    1225 days ago
  • Firefighters take a break from their duties on the Signal Hill road in Cape Town on 28 January 2019. Picture: Monique Mortlock/EWN

    1 person seriously hurt in Signal Hill fire

    It is believed that he'd been sleeping on the slopes.

    1292 days ago
  • The fires along Lion's Head and Signal Hill on 28 January 2019. Picture: @NCCwildfires/Twitter

    Signal Hill fire contained for now

    Table Mountain National Park's Phillip Prins says that there is still one active fire line that they're tackling.

    1292 days ago
  • FILE: Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN.

    CT’s Fire & Rescue Service responds to mountain fire in Hout Bay

    City’s Fire and Rescue spokesperson Edward Bosch says firefighting efforts are prioritised to contain the blaze.

    1376 days ago
  • FILE: Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN

    Arbitrator called in to help settle CT firefighters pay dispute

    The pay dispute is related to the amount firefighters are paid for being on standby. The City of Cape Town also briefed the media on the labour dispute and the impact on fire and rescue operations.

    1396 days ago
  • FILE: Picture: Graig-Lee Smith/EWN.

    Firefighters struggle to contain Newlands Forest fire

    EWN has received reports of dense smoke across the South Peninsula.

    1578 days ago
  • FILE: A firefighter battles a blaze. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    Three children die in separate CT fires

    In the latest incidents, a 7-year-old boy lost his life in a fire at a house in Khayelitsha on Wednesday morning and two children died in a fire in Belhar.

    1598 days ago
  • FILE: A firefighter battles a blaze. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    Firefighter hurt battling blaze in Hout Bay

    The crew member sustained shoulder injuries after being assaulted by a community member.

    1642 days ago
  • Picture: Graig-Lee Smith/EWN

    CT car dealership gutted in fire

    It's unclear how the blaze broke early this morning at Alastair Craig Motors in Plumstead.

    1673 days ago
  • FILE: A fire engine. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN

    CT officials assessing damage after fire engine attacked

    Cape Town's Fire and Rescue Services say that the cost of damage to a fire engine following an attack in Crossroads is yet to be determined.

    2026 days ago
  • FILE: The two victims are said to be related and couldn’t escape the burning house. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    2 women killed in Bonteheuwel house fire

    The two victims are said to be related & couldn’t escape the burning house.

    2306 days ago
  • FILE: Several people have been left displaced after a blaze broke out last night in Kensington, outside the city of Cape Town. Picture: freeimages.com

    Blaze in WC kills one, leaves six displaced

    The fire in Kensington, outside the city of Cape Town, broke out last night and destroyed 3 structures.

    2513 days ago
  • FILE: Fire burns trees in its in way. Picture Stephen Phillipson/EWN

    CT firefighters battle blaze in Overberg

    The fire which started yesterday is burning on the slopes of a mountain near Botman River.

    2700 days ago
  • FILE: It is still unclear what the exact cause of the South Peninsula fires were. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    Investigators close to finding the cause of Cape fires

    SanParks officials have confirmed the investigation into the widespread blaze is still underway.

    2702 days ago
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