06 March 2015
Firefighters are continuing to
monitor fires in the South Peninsula as late Thursday evening the fire at Cape
Town flared up again but was quickly contained.
The fire has destroyed about
eight houses and 5 000 hectares of vegetation. The fire started in Muizenberg
on Sunday and quickly started to spread to areas such as Hout Bay, Tokai and
Kalk Bay.
Meanwhile the damage that the
fire has caused in the Table Mountain National Park is estimated at about R5
million.
City of Cape Town’s Fire and
Rescue Spokesperson Theo Layne said at the moment they still have nine vehicles
at the Muizebebrg fire area.
“We have downscale during the
course of the night and those vehicles are monitoring and dealing with hot
spots as and when they are required. The wind yesterday caused a flare up but
they were well managed and no further assistance was required.” Layne
added.
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