Runaway fires fuelled by the climate crisis are more frequent and devastating, destroying farmland, property, protected areas and people’s livelihoods
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
The Rhodes Memorial Fire is still not under control as strong winds
fuel the blazes, which have spread to the residential area of Vredehoek
Programmes aimed at training people with limited opportunities are giving hope to those who would otherwise be discouraged jobseekers.
While most firefighters wait for blazes to come to them, the men and women of Working on Fire hike into the mountains, finding flames to put out.
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/ 15 October 2008
A veld fire on Wednesday afternoon threatened to engulf Clarens near Golden Gate in the eastern Free State.
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/ 14 October 2008
A Working on Fire firefighter was injured on Tuesday while battling a blaze near Fouriesburg in the eastern Free State.
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/ 9 September 2008
Fires continued to rage across KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and the Eastern Cape on Tuesday.
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/ 6 September 2008
A total of 11 veld fires were reported in different provinces on Friday. In KwaZulu-Natal, gale-force winds were also blamed for at least two deaths.