Wind and hot weather has combined to deliver the first major wildfires in the Western Cape of 2017, with Somerset West’s blaze being one of the more notable fires.
The effects of the fire are felt around the city at large too, as smoke sweeps over the city centre and much of the Cape Peninsula.
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If you didn’t realise the scale of the blaze, perhaps these Twitter images will help…
Good luck to all the firefighters in Somerset West this morning. #somersetwestfire #hansekopfire #capetown @NCCwildfires @vwsfires #kfmnews pic.twitter.com/z9nyHbf1jW
— Sullivan Photography (@Sullphotography) January 4, 2017
The Aerial attacks are in full swing #somersetwestfire @OverbergFPA @NCCEnviron @wo_fire @vwsfires @CPFPA1 pic.twitter.com/QHwTl8s4To
— Sullivan Photography (@Sullphotography) January 4, 2017
The active fire line near Sir Lowrys Pass now nicely visible as the sun disappears. @vwsfires @CapeTalk @Somerset_West #Hansekopfire pic.twitter.com/JDaqZPvxQc
— Bradley Bennell (@BradleyBennell) January 3, 2017
#Hansekopfire pic.twitter.com/f46Y1To6ce
— Jacobus Human (@KobusHuman) January 3, 2017
@vwsfires View of the fire from Strand #helderbergfire pic.twitter.com/uZTqNzWvkm
— Nicole Halleen (@ImNotAShoulder) January 3, 2017
Some early morning pics of our first flight today, courtesy of Stefan Smuts. #CapeTownHelicopters #CertificateOfExcellence #HelderbergFire pic.twitter.com/qfjG1rD0Hx
— CapeTown Helicopters (@Helicopters_Cpt) January 4, 2017
Aerial resources hard at work at the Boskloof Fire in @Somerset_West. Other resources working in #DuToitsKloof. pic.twitter.com/1KOtQjWssk
— VWS Wildfires (@vwsfires) January 3, 2017
There were some noteworthy images uploaded to Instagram as well, seen below.
