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Survivors tell of Australian bush-fire horror
Survivors of Australia’s deadly bush fires on Sunday described how a thick blanket of black ash blotted out the sun.
FIRES
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Cape fires continue to rage
Firefighters continued to battle wildfires in the Western and Southern Cape for the third day in succession on Friday.
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Bus passengers saved by ‘heroic’ driver
A fire on a Putco bus was extinguished by the quick action of its driver, a Johannesburg emergency services spokesperson said on Thursday.
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Cars destroyed in Durban fire
A fire destroyed about 200 imported Japanese cars in Durban on Wednesday, the city’s fire department said.
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Durban building engulfed by fire
Firefighters were on Wednesday afternoon trying to contain a fire that engulfed a building full of second-hand cars in Durban.
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Firefighters battle Cape blazes
Cape Town firefighters were monitoring mountain and bush fires at Red Hill and near Athlone on Tuesday, the city said.
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Police: Thai club owner surrenders over deadly blaze
The co-owner of a Bangkok nightclub where 65 people were killed in a blaze early on New Year’s Day handed himself in to police on Tuesday.
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Gordon’s Bay fire tamed
The Gordon’s Bay fire was under control on the edges of the residential area by Tuesday afternoon, but still raging on the mountain above the town.
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Firefighters battle Cape blazes
Firefighters were on Tuesday battling a blaze on national park land just north of Cape Point.
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Firefighters still battling Gordon’s Bay fire
Firefighters were on Tuesday still battling a raging runaway fire in Gordon’s Bay in Cape Town, the Disaster Risk Management Centre said.
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Dozens evacuated during Cape fire
A raging mountain fire in Gordon’s Bay on Monday has resulted in dozens of people being evacuated, fire officials and police said.
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Mechanical problem the cause of Engen refinery fire
A fire that shut down Durban’s Engen refinery earlier this month was caused by a mechanical problem, company spokesperson Herb Payne said on Friday.
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Jo’burg power partly restored after fire
Power in Johannesburg’s city centre has been partially restored following an underground fire in a cable tunnel, an official said on Tuesday.
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Clarens threatened by veld fire
A veld fire on Wednesday afternoon threatened to engulf Clarens near Golden Gate in the eastern Free State.
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Firefighter injured in major Free State veld fire
A Working on Fire firefighter was injured on Tuesday while battling a blaze near Fouriesburg in the eastern Free State.
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Fire damage at museum estimated at R3m
The damage caused by runaway veld fires that destroyed the Schoemansdal Museum near Makhado is estimated at R3-million.
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Fires ravage Central Kalahari Game Reserve
More than 80% of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in Botswana, the world’s largest wildlife park, has been destroyed by fires.
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Cold front brings reprieve for fire-hit SA
A cold front on Wednesday brought relief to parts of the country ravaged by veld fires, although Mpumalanga and Limpopo remained high-risk areas.
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Fires still rage across four provinces
Fires continued to rage across KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and the Eastern Cape on Tuesday.
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Veld fires: Free State cops investigate arson
Free State police are investigating four cases of arson linked to veld fires that ravaged the province about a week ago, an official said on Monday.
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Fires flare up as strong KZN winds kill two
A total of 11 veld fires were reported in different provinces on Friday. In KwaZulu-Natal, gale-force winds were also blamed for at least two deaths.
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More than 30 killed in Mozambique fires
Fires killed at least 32 people and injured hundreds more in blazes that devoured large swathes of arable land in Mozambique, state media said.
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SA wildfires: KZN to probe claims of arson
KwaZulu-Natal has vowed to ”get to the bottom” of allegations that fires in the province were sparked by arsonists linked to a land-claims process.
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Dozens dead in Southern African wildfires
At least 45 people were known to have died in three days of storm-fanned wildfires in South Africa, Swaziland and Mozambique, authorities said.
How park staff saved animals from blaze
As fires swept across six provinces on the weekend, staff at the Rhino and Lion Nature Reserve in Gauteng battled to save animals from the flames.
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Fires, storms leave trail of destruction across SA
Dozens of fires fanned by gale-force winds left at least 20 people dead over the weekend, officials said on Monday.
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Fires continue to rage countrywide
Devastating veld fires which have killed at least two people were still raging through the north-eastern parts of the country on Monday.
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Killer fires sweep through northern KZN
Fires in northern KwaZulu-Natal have killed at least two people. On Saturday night the region’s only firefighting plane crashed after take-off.
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Fire rages at luxury holiday resort
A fire at the Kwa Maritane Bush Lodge in the Pilanesberg destroyed large parts of the luxury holiday resort, North West police said on Monday.
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Woman dies in Johannesburg shack fire
One person was killed when 300 shacks burnt down at a squatter camp near Denver hostel in southern Johannesburg late on Saturday night.
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Five children burn to death in shack fire
Five Durban siblings burnt to death when their shack caught alight in the early hours of Saturday morning, the eThekwini fire department said.
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More than 30 dead in burning train in India
At least 32 people were killed after a train caught fire in southern India early on Friday, a government statement said.
