Cape Town firefighters were monitoring mountain and bush fires at Red Hill and near Athlone on Tuesday, the city said.
Table Mountain and National Parks fire manager Philip Prins said a fire began at 3am around Simon’s Town and Scarborough in the Southern Peninsula.
”It looks like arson at this stage but we are still investigating.”
Prins said there were no injuries and the fire was contained.
”We have managed to put out the flames but we will continue to monitor the area for the rest of the day because there’s wind,” he said.
The fire was not endangering any property or lives.
Meanwhile, firefighters were still battling a bush fire near the Athlone sewerage works.
City of Cape Town fire supervisor Paul Joseph said the fire started on Monday at about 5.25pm. He sad the cause was not known at this stage.
There were also no injuries reported nor houses burnt. — Sapa