By Khanyisa Tabata
16 April 2011
Cape Town fire-fighters are evacuating people from their homes as a massive fire rages in the Helderberg Mountains above Somerset West.
The fire started in the town’s nature reserve this morning. About 10 farms and other properties have been affected.
Spokesperson Theo Lane says three helicopters and three fixed-wing aircraft are helping the crews of 19 fire trucks to fight the blaze. Motorists are warned that smoke is making visibility in the area poor
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
-
A man suspected of killing and raping a number of members of the farm worker community in Philippi on the Cape Flats appears in a Cape Town ...
-
''Human behaviour is the main cause of wildfires.'' These remarks were made by the Western Cape’s Local Government, Environm...
No comments:
Post a Comment