Fire fighters on high alert in the Cape

By Mikhaila Crowie
7 February 2009


Air force helicopters have been called in to water bomb several wildfires in raging in the Western Cape.

Fire-fighters are continuing to monitor several wildfires in the Western Cape.

Local fire-fighters have been working around the clock to manage the sheer number of fires.

According to Working on Fires, wildfires in Stellenbosch and Jonkershoek are still raging while a plantation fire in Clanwilliam and a fire near Gansbaai and Hermanus have been brought under control.

In Hermanus fresh teams will be deployed this morning to extinguish the blaze.

A wildfire near Plettenberg has also been contained after staff at the Algerian Resort had to be evacuated.

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