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“In 2023, a cumulative total of 858 361,9 hectares were destroyed by veld fires from 3 717 veld fire incidents, while the average burnt area per fire incident was 230,9 hectares, down from 233 ...
AT least 13,27% of Zimbabwe’s countryside faces an extreme high risk of being devoured by veld fires with four provinces prone to the menace, a Cabinet minister has said. Zimbabwe launched this ...
'The veld fires have impacted 144 people in the district, leaving 53 people homeless. Additionally, 48 houses were partially damaged, and 27 were destroyed,' the department said.
ALSO READ: WATCH: Runaway veld fires destroyed homes in KwaZulu-Natal Van Niekerk said the causes of the fires were not malicious but questioned the effectiveness of local fire brigades.
State faces R17.7m damages claim resulting from veld fire. By Ilse de Lange. Journalist ... had spread to their London plantation and destroyed large areas of commercial pine. ...
One fire fighter is still in hospital on a ventilator fighting for his life. As of last night, no structures were reported as destroyed.” Pappas has expressed condolences to those who died in ...
Cape Town - Roads have been closed and Cape motorists have been urged to avoid the Zonnebloem area as firefighters are battling a veld fire. The City of Cape Town’s Fire and Rescue Service ...
In Durban on Sunday, one person died and over 300 were displaced after a fire broke out at 12.30am and destroyed more than 100 units at the Kenville informal settlement in Sea Cow Lake.
The fire broke out in an area ... Cape Times. Six firefighters die, in Midlands veld fire. ... one person died and over 300 were displaced after a fire broke out at 12.30am and destroyed more ...