While devastating flames were still blazing across Simon’s Town slopes, a savvy investigator was picking up clues to figure out its cause. There was a lot at stake. The fire along Cape Town’s southern peninsula last Wednesday and Thursday destroyed a number of homes and holiday cottages. Some residents were[…]
At least 40 firefighters are trying to extinguish a blaze on the mountain slopes above Capri Village in Cape Town, the city’s fire and rescue services said. They responded to the fire at 10.30 on Tuesday and 10 fire vehicles are on the scene, said spokesperson Liezl Moodie. A helicopter[…]
A SA National Parks spokesperson says there are suspicions the fire that engulfed the southern Cape peninsula this week may have been started deliberately. Table Mountain National Parks fire chief Philip Prins told News24 on Friday that early signs from the investigation into the fire’s cause indicated that foul play[…]
Some light rain had begun falling in Simon’s Town, Cape Town, on Thursday night where firefighters have been battling a fire on the mountain. The rainfall began at around 21:00. Fire and Rescue Services spokesperson, Theo Layne, said the fire was less aggressive because the winds had died down. It[…]
A Simon’s Town guesthouse owner has told of how he managed to keep his home safe from the blaze by watering down the back of his house. Napthali Lodge owner Rob McLean told News24 between coughs on Thursday afternoon that he was able to save his house thanks to buckets[…]
About 20 informal structures have caught fire in Hout Bay, Fire and Rescue services said on Thursday. Fire and Rescue services spokesperson Liezl Moodie told News24 that the fire started around noon, and was currently burning through the Mandela Park and Imizamo Yethu informal settlements. “We have nine vehicles on[…]
Students at a University of Cape Town residence were awoken by an early morning blaze on Wednesday that left a Jammie Shuttle bus completely burnt out. The University of Cape Town confirmed the incident but said firefighters quickly extinguished the fire. The cause of the fire is not yet known.[…]
Several fires started “deliberately and simultaneously” on the University of the Witwatersrand’s Braamfontein campus were extinguished early on Wednesday morning, Vice-Chancellor Adam Habib said. Campus control managed to extinguish the fires with the help of others, with no one injured, Habib said in a statement. “We strongly condemn these cowardly[…]
There’s been outpouring of support for popular VOC presenter Adiela Fortune, after a sudden blaze completely gutted her home in Wynberg on Saturday evening. On Monday, Fortune said was “overwhelmed” by the flooding of support from family, friends and VOC listeners. Fortune and her family tragically lost everything in the[…]
Three teenagers have been arrested for allegedly starting a fire at Muizenberg train station which gutted three carriages on Thursday, the City of Cape Town said. According to safety and security director Richard Bosman, the three were detained by Muizenberg police in connection with the fire. The three allegedly ran[…]
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