A fire at night is a beautiful thing — it dances with warmth and light, yet in its heart, it carries the quiet power to consume everything it touches."
🔥Poor Cape Town! 😢😢😢 Not a good weekend. Its burning and our amazing Fire fighters have a heluva night ahead. @vwsfires The guys and girls of our Volunteer FireFighting crew are TRUE heroes in our time. ðŸ™The whole mountain is alight 😞
This from City of Cape Town 2 hours ago:
The Tokai fire area has been divided into five to maximise our capacity and ‘surround’ the fire taking into account the wind speed and direction.
As a precautionary measure DRM assisted with the evacuation of 198 households from the Noordhoek Manor, including 48 frail care residents.
The residents of Barnyard- and Silwersteen have decided to evacuate.
The situation is still fluid and five choppers are still water bombing
More than 100 City Firefighters are on scene, being assisted by TMNP, NCC and VWS.
Crews are monitoring Ou Kaapse Weg, Clovelly side, Tokai and Boyes Drive.
This fire is not contained and we urge the public to stay away from the areas in question.
Please note the earlier road closures are still in place.
The only damage reports received was that of a vehicle that caught alight in the Silvermine parking area.
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No injuries have been reported and the cause of the fire is still unknown.
Donations in the form of water, energy drinks and bars, as well as non-perishable items may be dropped off at Lakeside Fire Station."
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