A body has been found in a carriage of a train which went up in flames in Fish Hoek on Thursday. City of Cape Town Fire Services spokesperson Liezl Moodie said the gender of the victim is unknown. Two carriages were destroyed and a third was damaged. “At 09:55, [we][…]
Firefighters have extinguished a blaze that tore through the Elgin Valley in the Western Cape, Overberg fire chief Reinhard Geldenhuys said on Tuesday. However, they remained on high alert because hot and windy conditions threatened to cause flare-ups. Geldenhuys said that noon to 16:00 was “trouble time” and they had[…]
Additional crews have been deployed to help fight a fire that raged through the night over Overberg in the Western Cape. According to the municipality’s Reinard Geldenhuys, two helicopters and 30 groundsmen joined the crew on Sunday morning. Roads were closed and traffic was diverted on Saturday due to the[…]
A 76 year old woman has been left displaced after a fire left her Heideveld home in ruins. Janap Mathews had been visiting her neighbour when she was alerted to a haze of smoke coming from her house on Thursday morning. “Aunt Jane just told her, Janap look your house[…]
A blaze that has swept through Ocean View in recent days has left at least 17 families at the area’s Rasta Camp settlement displaced, although there has been some contention over the destroyed structures. “Some of the structures were set up on a national park which is not suitable for[…]
About 200 firefighters would spend Monday night fighting the flames in and around Scarborough, Cape Town, city officials said. The fire had spread to Ocean View, Misty Cliffs, and Kommetjie and was being fanned by a strong south-easterly wind, said spokesperson Liezl Moodie. The fire gained momentum since it began[…]
A widespread fire has been put out on Sunday morning after flaring up on Devil’s peak in Cape Town, the city’s fire and rescue services said. About 15 firefighting vehicles responded to the fire at 21:30 on Saturday night, said spokesperson Liezl Moodie. Moodie said 70 firefighters including supporting staff[…]
Police are still in the dark about started the fire which devastated the homes of over 1 000 people and left one man dead in a section of Hout Bay’s Imzamo Yethu on Boxing Day. The fire broke out late on the evening of December 26 and strong winds quickly[…]
Residents of Hout Bay’s Imizamo Yethu settlement were slowly getting their lives back on track thanks to the generosity of neighbours and strangers, a community worker said on Friday. “Hout Bay may have its internal bunfights, but like a true family they pull together if there is a crisis,” said[…]
Grasping the edge of a balcony 48 stories from the ground, just metres away from a raging fire, the photographer thought he may not live to see 2016. “One hour, then that’s it, I’m dead,” he thought as he stood on the tiny sill of a balcony in Dubai’s luxury[…]
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