Just when Cape Town thought it saw the last of the fire season last week, Mother Nature has returned with more red hot anger.
Veld fires have flared up across the Peninsula this week, including Paarl, the Helderberg and even Rondebosch Common late last night. But a fire which flared up on Simon’s Town’s Red Hill early Wednesday, has become the latest flare up at the centre of Cape Town’s social media attention.
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Instagram and Twitter have been inundated by users snapping stills and videos of the blaze, which Volunteer Wildfire Services notes has spanned “across the South Peninsula”.
Simon’s Town disappearing behind the smoke @News24 #OceanViewFire #Glencairn pic.twitter.com/eLm0dzIH1r
— Ebrahim Moosajee (@EbrahimMoosajee) January 11, 2017
Smoke through Simontown earlier Best to @vwsfires #vwsfires #OceanViewFire @TableMountainNP pic.twitter.com/KOMXKq6Okh
— Jacobus Malan (@jacobusmalan) January 11, 2017
SAAF ORYX helo water bombing#capefire #SimonsTown #Navy_Proud#Navy_Strong pic.twitter.com/eeKWfPhd0a
— Mike R (@thyphoidjack) January 11, 2017
Latest from @TEARSwelfare crew on ground – Pineview at top of Red Hill burning #CTFires @Smile904FM @RyanOConnorZA pic.twitter.com/QZSl02JQM1
— TEARS (@TEARSwelfare) January 11, 2017
#oceanviewfire seen from #FishHoek train station #capefire pic.twitter.com/c9DxtoP6qg
— ViweTafeniBlog (@viwe_t) January 11, 2017
Our reality today #wildfire #mountainfire #northwester
A video posted by Colleen Grove (@colleen_grove) on
#capefire #deepsouth #redhill from Admiral’s Kloof #simonstown. Visibility 0%. pic.twitter.com/GIlT2tc2zj
— Jessica Schnehage (@Jeznut) January 11, 2017
Ridge right by Pine Heaven #oceanviewfire pic.twitter.com/WqTd4ZebPZ
— Larney (@LarneyDS) January 11, 2017
Video footage from a Glencairn Heights resident of the Roodeberg fire #capefire #capetown #capenews pic.twitter.com/5iWNdmxXS7
— Scotty (@Scott_Tait) January 11, 2017
#Oceanviewfire – not looking good for the Cape Peninsula pic.twitter.com/qKO6vBd6zs
— Michelle Ubsdell (@Mubsdell) January 11, 2017
View from Muzies – #simonstownfire pic.twitter.com/75Phx5ZIdO
— Robbie Cowan (@robbiecowan) January 11, 2017
Oh dear, there’s a fire near Ocean View…good luck @vwsfires and all others involved #oceanviewfire pic.twitter.com/jqkG2fxbde
— Jon-Erik Munro (@JonErik_Munro) January 11, 2017
Fire seen from Simonstown @vwsfires @CapeTown pic.twitter.com/WiQuvUPEzo
— Kayak Cape Town (@KayakCapeTown) January 11, 2017
Emergency teams have asked citizens to stay clear of Simon’s Town and surrounding areas until the blaze has been restrained. At the time of writing, other fires across the greater Cape Town area are still burning, including Helderberg/Jonkershoek and Paarl.
This story will be updated as it progresses…
Feature image: Michelle Ubsdell via Twitter
