Firefighters battling Overberg blaze

Firefighters in the Overberg region of the Western Cape are battling to control a fire burning over a 30 kilometre front between Elim, Stanford and Gansbaai. The fire has been burning out of control for the past three days. Chief fire officer of the Overstrand district municipality, Reinhard Geldenhuys says that firefighters are struggling to protect houses and farm buildings from the blaze, although no dwellings have yet been lost. In the Cape Peninsula, firefighters have also been called out to several smaller fires again today and residents have been warned to take extreme care in the hot, dry conditions.