Veld fire
Trapped in heatwave, firefighters battle Cape fires while SPCA appeals for help
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.
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Ou Kaapse Weg in Cape Town closed due to veld fire
Sanpark's Table Mountain Environmental Services, Working on Fire and the Volunteer Wildfire fighting services were on the scene.
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Eskom: No damage to Snowden substation after veld fire
Rand Water has warned Gauteng residents that water will be severely restricted on Monday due to a power outage at the substation, which tripped during a veld fire on Sunday.
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MEC Mohono warns NW residents against starting veld fires
The MEC also cautioned residents from throwing bottles in the veld as they can magnify the sun’s rays and start fires.
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Cape Winelands firefighters attend to fire just outside Franschhoek
The fire, which started in the Overberg a few days ago, spread into the Cape Winelands area late on Tuesday afternoon.
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Rondebosch Common veld fire extinguished
The blaze broke out earlier on Thursday.
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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.
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Firefighters battle fire in Ocean View
The blaze broke out on the Glenken Expressway, between Kommetjie and Simon's Town Roads.
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Ferocious winds whip California fires as death toll rises to 31
Hot dry winds expected to blow until Tuesday whipped up the flames and heightened the urgency of evacuation orders, officials said.
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Veld fire in Villiers causes 3 crashes
Thick smoke has made it difficult to drive along the route between Villiers and Vrede in the Free State.
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Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality to assess damage caused by runaway fire
Firefighters are monitoring the blaze at Van Stadens Gorge and in the Rocklands area.
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Firefighters work throughout the night to extinguish Paarl fire
Families who were forced to flee their homes are camped out in a modest farm school hall.
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Efforts to extinguish blaze in Helderberg enter fourth day
Crews worked throughout the night to suppress two areas where active flames were burning in Lourensford.
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Thousands flee their homes as fire spread in Israel
It’s supposed to be the rainy season and yet the country hasn’t seen rain in more than two weeks.
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SANParks to continue to monitor Plettenberg Bay fire
SANParks’ Nandi Mgwadlamba says the fire has been contained with only a few hotspot areas being monitored.
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Firefighters battling vegetation fire in Cape Winelands
The blaze, which started last night, is currently raging across the Windmill farm near the Tulbagh turn-off.
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Over 6,000 hectares destroyed in Prince Albert valley fire
The blaze is believed to have started after a lightning strike in the Swartberg Mountains on Friday.
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Firefighters still battling blaze near Koeberg Station
The R27 has been re-opened after being closed to traffic yesterday.
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Eskom evacuates staff from Koeberg as nearby veld fire rages on
Eskom evacuated buildings around the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station as a precautionary measure.
