Western cape fires
WC wildfires: 6 firefighters admitted to hospital for smoke inhalation
They were deployed to fight the western flank of the blaze near Heidelberg on Thursday.
Firefighters worked through Thursday night battling a blaze in the mountains above McGregor.
Authorities are working with police to track down the two children believed to have started the fire.
In the Overberg, a runaway blaze left a trail of destruction outside Greyton while the second major blaze was raging in the Garden Route's Hessequa region.
Experts say residential fires, in particular, occur during sleeping hours and peak at around 1am.
In the Western Cape, no time has been wasted in getting the chopper into action. It was deployed last weekend to strafe fires in the Franschhoek area.
More than 6,000 hectares of vegetation was destroyed in the fire that erupted near the Cape Winelands town's mountain pass last Monday.
The blaze broke out a week ago and has destroyed more than 60,000 hectares of vegetation.
The fire broke out early this week outside Franschhoek.
Fifty-seven-year-old Jackie Valentyn died at Tygerberg Hospital just over two weeks ago after spending about a month at the facility in severe pain due to her injuries.
Apart from damage to state infrastructure, recent infernos have also gutted dozens of private homes.
The fire has been brought under control and no injuries have been reported at this stage.
Two people were injured as a result of the blaze earlier this week. No properties have been damaged.
Firefighters are monitoring the Table Mountain range, where a massive fire broke out on Signal Hill and Lion’s Head on Sunday.
The blaze, which left a man with serious burn wounds, was brought under control on Monday morning. It came anxiously close to residential areas in Fresnaye and Sea Point.
On Sunday, the fire on Signal Hill quickly spread to Fresnaye and Sea Point and one person, who'd been sleeping on the mountain, sustained burn wounds.
A fire which started on a Signal Hill on Sunday afternoon has been contained but a blaze in the Botrivier region is still raging.
The Overstrand Municipality has approved the 'unforeseen and unavoidable expenditure' which wasn't provided for in the its 2018/2019 budget.
Four fire engines and 20 firefighters have been deployed to the area on Tuesday.