President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday praised Cape Town fire-fighters for their bravery in combating fires that broke out in the Cape Peninsula over the weekend. “We praise the bravery and professionalism of all our fire-fighters who are attending to this raging fire to save lives and stop the damage to[…]
One of the worst fires to hit the Cape Town since 2005 is wrecking havoc on the slopes of Muizenberg and Noordhoek mountains. The blaze has engulfed 3000 hectares of natural vegetation so far but has endangered many lives and forced hundreds to evacuate their homes. By late Monday afternoon,[…]
An extra 250 firefighters were called in to tackle blazes across the Western Cape on Monday, the provincial environmental affairs department said. MEC Anton Bredell decided to bring in reinforcements and further aerial support because fire crews were exhausted. “The idea is to stabilise the situation across the province,” he[…]
The Chamber of Mines on Monday applauded the “courageous” role played by rescue services in the evacuation of 486 miners during an underground fire at Harmony Gold’s Kusasalethu mine. “Mine Rescue Services provides critical support to the industry and we wish to send our heartfelt gratitude to the men and[…]
Work at the Kusasalethu gold mine has been suspended after an underground fire, Harmony Gold Mining Company said on Monday. “The investigation into the fire has started. Operations are temporarily suspended but essential services are running,” spokeswoman Charmane Russell said. “Employees do have access to counselling after a situation like[…]
A joint investigation with the department of mineral resources into an underground fire at a mine near Carletonville would be conducted, the Harmony Gold Mining Company said on Sunday. Earlier, 486 mine employees were returned to the surface safely after a fire broke out at the Kusasalethu gold mine. “We[…]
Two buildings were torched by alleged arsonists in Observatory on Monday. At around 4am, the City’s Fire and Rescue team responded to reports of a fire in St Michaels Park in Howe street in Observatory. Although the two buildings were unoccupied, they were functional for manufacturing purposes. “The buildings were used[…]
Two Cape Town boys have died after being trapped in a car that caught alight in Macassar, the Western Cape health department said on Friday. The three-year-old boys were critically injured and were taken to hospital with third degree burns to 80 percent of their bodies around noon on Thursday.[…]
Firefighters are working to contain a fire that broke out on Cape Town’s Signal Hill on Thursday, the city’s fire and rescue department said. “We are dealing with a large vegetation fire,” spokesman Theo Layne said. Earlier, a helicopter was used to water bomb the blaze. Firefighters on the ground[…]
Intense exchanges of fire between Pakistani and Indian border forces continued for a third day, officials said Friday, after three soldiers were killed on New Year’s Eve. Indian troops fired mortar shells and guns at Pakistani villages in Narowal district of central Punjab province, a military official said. Several hundred[…]
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