More than 300 firefighters have been battling a wildfire on a mountain close to Cape Town for a second day.
The fireplace, on the mountain slopes close to the seaside city of Simon’s Town, round 25 miles (40km) south of town, began on Tuesday.
Five firefighters have been injured and two taken to the hospital, town’s emergency companies spokesperson Jermaine Carelse stated.
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One neighbourhood was evacuated at round 1am on Wednesday, after the hearth threatened however did not attain native homes, he added.
Emergency companies used three helicopters to scoop up water from the close by South Atlantic Ocean and drop it on the hearth.
Firefighters had labored to place out the hearth by most of Tuesday and in a single day, however it was nonetheless burning, Mr Carelse stated.
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The fireplace lit up the mountain that overlooks Simon’s Town, a small resort city that hosts South Africa’s flagship naval base, the place a derelict constructing was broken, he stated.
On X, previously Twitter, town’s mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis, thanked the “incredible” firefighters concerned and Denver Jordaan, a volunteer firefighter, posted an image of the blaze.
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As it grew to become mild, @pmcafrica posted a video, exhibiting an enormous column of smoke rising from the mountain.
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Wildfires usually get away on the mountain slopes round Cape Town within the scorching, dry months from November to April.
They change into harmful and unpredictable when they’re fanned by sturdy coastal winds, which officers stated had contributed to the Simon’s Town fireplace.
In 2021, an enormous wildfire burned throughout the slopes of Cape Town’s world-famous Table Mountain for days, destroying almost a dozen buildings, together with some historic constructions on the University of Cape Town.