Tag: fire
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Post Fire
A few weeks ago the South Western part of the Overberg was troubled by run away fires. Tens of thousands hectares were affected but the fire fighters managed to save all houses and agricultural land. They (mainly volunteers) did a great job. Both main pictures were shot last week in the Elgin Valley. The gallery…
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And the beat goes on … (2 pictures)
A trace of destruction is what’s left of a raging ‘veld’ fire between Stanford and Gansbaai in the Overberg, South Africa. Until so far the affected area has a surface that exceeds that of the city bowl of Cape Town PLUS Table Mountain… Photo’s (this morning) of the smoke shot at a distance of about…
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More fire pictures
One thing people never seem to learn with this kind of veld fires is that a fire is only fully under control when there is no smoke… Chicken farms are safe (for the moment; one never knows if the wind will turn or not). Road between Stanford and Gansbaai closed (with ‘lucky’ intervals) because of…
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Holy Smokey … the show continues
The fire between Gansbaai and Stanford is fully out of control. Disaster tourism caused several traffic jams and in the village people are collecting food and drinks for the fire fighter of whom many have been in action for more than 24 hrs without a decent break.
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Work on fire
Yesterday and (still) today there is a massive ‘veld’ fire between Stanford and Gansbaai. An old model Huey chopper proofed to be a real work horse this morning. And as usual: the best fire workers are the ones who look from a distance.
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Smoke
Winter in South Africa. It’s cold and in the countryside many on the farms make a fire to keep warm while working on the land. Seemingly unaware of the effect: smoke stretching for about 15 kilometers between mountains and river/lagoon before disappearing above the ocean.
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A devastating fire
The last few weeks Cape Town was on fire and to be honest it was an overkill of news from the fire front with lots of repeats, nonsense and so on. It became global news but yes it was in Cape Town and it was only 5500 hectare. A few years ago there was also…
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Recovery
In the beginning of this year there were some devastating fires (leaving about 20,000 hectare nature in a desolate black state) around our village. The fires inspired a few kids to start another fire opposite our house but within a few hours the local fire brigade was in control and the ‘culprits’ (between 8 and…
Life in the Overberg 