Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Another Cape fire

A fire broke out in Cape Town's Bo-Kaap on Tuesday, on a field between St Monica's Home for the Aged and Vista High School in Schotschekloof.

According to eyewitnesses, the fire was started by four vagrants, but this could not be confirmed by the fire department.

The neighbourhood filled with the smell of burning rubbish, grass and Port Jackson trees. The smoke billowed up to the high school, where pupils stood on the edge of the playground, watching as firefighters put out the blaze.

The Cape Town fire department sent eight firefighters, assisted by members of the Table Mountain National Park's fire fighting division. - Cape Times

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