The fire in the New Rest informal settlement in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, was contained on Wednesday. Firefighters are monitoring the situation for flare-ups.🔥
Gift of the Givers, who facilitated the air support, said the “challenges were multiple”: The wind was too strong and was expected to increase in speed on Wednesday.: “The aircraft were on standby in the Western Cape for the Province’s summer fire season and were made available by the provincial Disaster Management Centre to be deployed to Gqeberha after a request from Gift of the Givers”.
Gqeberha is currently experiencing a water crisis, and all water sources were too far from the fires, which meant trucks couldn’t refill timeously.Eastern Cape Working on Fire dispatched a spotter and a chopper to assist the WOF firefighters from two teams in fighting the fire at Clarkson. Aviation Support Vehicle is one of the resources on this fire. Working on Fire is assisting MTO.
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