The City of Cape Town reportedly experienced over 6 000 Vegetation fires

On Monday morning Western Cape Firefighters battled to extinguish a veld fire in the Slanghoek Valley, outside Rawsonville.

According to the Cape Winelands District Municipality’s Jo-Anne Otto firefighrter were called out to the area at around nine o'clock last.

She said that the blaze was being fueled by high density mixed vegetation and very old Proteas and Blue Gums.

Meanwhile the City of Cape Town reportedly experienced an increase in vegetation and residential fires in recent months.

According to the City's Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, Alderman JP Smith, Between October last year and January this year, there has been 6 024 Vegetation fires, 644  Formal residential fires, 893 Informal residential fires, and 80 Fatalities reported.

by Everngelista Muza