Park manager Frans van Rooyen says the organisation is making progress in rehabilitating the more than600 hectares of land affected by the blaze
The final report has long exceeded its initial two-week timeframe
All the available resources from the private sector needed to be exhausted before the Air Force could be called in to assist in dousing in the flames
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Authorities confirmed the fire had been largely contained by early Monday afternoon, although reports suggest the fire had jumped the road near Tafelberg Drive
This separate fire was not an extension of the Rhodes Memorial fire, according to authorities
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