Although we love to braai as a nation, as a city, Cape Town simply loathes fires. Since the dramatic blaze of 2006 that came close to claiming the city centre, and in the end, claimed much of Table Mountain, the city has taken extended measures to prevent wildfires in the hot and windy season of summer.
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Sometimes even the best human efforts are fruitless in the face of nature.
One example was this week’s blaze on Lion’s Head. It was eventually extinguished in the late hours of 2 December, it left a brown scar on the mountain (and it wasn’t best pleased about it on Twitter either).
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— Lion’s Head (@LionsHeadCPT) December 2, 2014
But thanks to the internet, and one man with a camera we can see the entire blaze in a two minute video.
A YouTube channel called Life of Mike, brainchild of photographer Michael Eloff, filmed a rather brilliant timelapse of the fire, filmed shot from a bedroom window. It’s strangely serene if not a scary indication of fire’s beautiful destruction.
Have a look at the video below:
