Raging fires and searing heat saw firefighting services stretched to capacity as they battled to extinguish more than 20 fires across the Peninsula and Boland on Wednesday.
As temperatures soared into the high 30°Cs and 40°Cs and winds fanned flames, there was not a single fire engine left at any of Cape Town’s 28 fire stations, while exhausted firefighters were said to be “taking strain”…
Earlier, the three helicopters and more than seven fire engines struggled to contain a fire in Khayelitsha Site B. About 100 homes were destroyed, leaving more than 500 people homeless.
People trying to escape the heat crowded together in small patches of shade as they watched firefighters hosing down smoking and blackened piles of corrugated iron.
The city of Cape Town’s disaster management spokesperson, Johan Minnie, said those left homeless had been offered temporary accommodation in a Site C community hall.
He said no one had been reported injured.
The cause of the fire had yet to be determined… Cape Times
As temperatures soared into the high 30°Cs and 40°Cs and winds fanned flames, there was not a single fire engine left at any of Cape Town’s 28 fire stations, while exhausted firefighters were said to be “taking strain”…
Earlier, the three helicopters and more than seven fire engines struggled to contain a fire in Khayelitsha Site B. About 100 homes were destroyed, leaving more than 500 people homeless.
People trying to escape the heat crowded together in small patches of shade as they watched firefighters hosing down smoking and blackened piles of corrugated iron.
The city of Cape Town’s disaster management spokesperson, Johan Minnie, said those left homeless had been offered temporary accommodation in a Site C community hall.
He said no one had been reported injured.
The cause of the fire had yet to be determined… Cape Times
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