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

Veld fire

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.

  • Cape Town's Ou Kaapse Weg has been closed. Picture: SANParks Table Mountain National Park

    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.

    204 days ago
  • FILE: The power outage has led to Rand Water's Zuikerbosch water treatment works being affected. Picture: AFP.

    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.

    321 days ago
  • FILE: The warnings come after the department received several reports of fires in the province. Picture:pixabay.

    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.

    395 days ago
  • FILE: A helicopter bombs a runaway vegetation fire on the Cape Winelands. Picture: Regan Thaw/Eyewitness News.

    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.

    536 days ago
  • A veld fire at Rondebosch Common, in Cape Twon, has been extinguished on 21 January 2021. Picture: Supplied.

    Rondebosch Common veld fire extinguished

    The blaze broke out earlier on Thursday.

    570 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.

    1164 days ago
  • A firefighter prepares to battle a blaze during veld fires in Ocean View. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    Firefighters battle fire in Ocean View

    The blaze broke out on the Glenken Expressway, between Kommetjie and Simon's Town Roads.

    1323 days ago
  • Yuba and Butte County Sheriff officers inspect a burned vehicle after discovering remains nearby in Concow, California, on 11 November 2018 after a camp fire ripped through the area. Picture: AFP

    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.

    1371 days ago
  • Picture: freeimages.com

    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.

    1824 days ago
  • Picture: EWN

    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.

    1889 days ago
  • Many people were evacuated after a fire broke out along the Drakenstein Mountains overnight and destroyed structures. Picture: Natalie Malgas/EWN.

    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.

    2041 days ago
  • Wild fire. Picture: EWN

    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.

    2045 days ago
  • Israeli firefighters extinguish fire in Beit Meir, a religious cooperative village in the hills to the west of Jerusalem, on 25 November, 2016. Picture: AFP.

    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.

    2088 days ago
  • Veld fires. Picture: Aletta Gardner/EWN

    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.

    2170 days ago
  • FILE: Volunteers from neighbouring farms helped farmworkers and firefighters to keep the flames at bay at the Muratie Wine Estate on 22 January 2016. Picture: Aletta Harrison/EWN

    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.

    2344 days ago
  • FILE: The blaze has since forced some farmers and workers to evacuate their properties. Picture:DreamImages/EWN.

    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.

    2356 days ago
  • Fire in the vicinity of the Koeberg Power Station in Cape Town. Picture: CT Photography Facebook page.

    Firefighters still battling blaze near Koeberg Station

    The R27 has been re-opened after being closed to traffic yesterday.

    2370 days ago
  • A veld fire burns just off the West Coast Road, near the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station. Picture: Ilze-Marie Meintjies/EWN

    Eskom evacuates staff from Koeberg as nearby veld fire rages on

    Eskom evacuated buildings around the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station as a precautionary measure.

    2371 days ago
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