Fires on Ou Kaapseweg contained, visitors to Silvermine evacuated

  • 📰 SowetanLIVE
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 39 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 19%
  • Publisher: 63%

South Africa Headlines News

A busy mountain road connecting the southern peninsula to the rest of Cape Town was closed by fires on Saturday, and visitors to the Silvermine area were evacuated.

Ou Kaapseweg in Cape Town's southern peninsula was closed by fire on January 22 2022. File photoA busy mountain road connecting the southern peninsula to the rest of Cape Town was closed by seven fires on Saturday, and visitors to the Silvermine area were evacuated.

Maxine Bezuidenhout, a spokesperson for the Cape Town Fire and Rescue Service, said Ou Kaapseweg was closed in both directions between Steenberg and Silvermine Road in Noordhoek. At 1.40pm, a tweet from Table Mountain National Park said all seven"ignition areas" had been contained but the situation remained"very volatile".

"Crews remain on scene conducting mop-up operations, as well as four helicopters which will continue waterbombing the area," it said.Visitors to the Silvermine area - which had reached full capacity on the hottest day of summer so far, according to Table Mountain National Park - were evacuated as a safety precaution and ground crews from VWS Wildfire Services and Working on Fire were called in.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

I know we all probably must have heard about Bitcoin but don't know how it works, I tried it in a week ago by a man who recommended me to Leticia_thomas7 on Twitter She guides me through and i made a return of R15500 after a week of trading, connect with her

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 13. in ZA

South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Fires on Ou Kaapseweg contained, visitors to Silvermine evacuatedA busy mountain road connecting the southern peninsula to the rest of Cape Town was closed by fires on Saturday, and visitors to the Silvermine area were evacuated. Praying for the fires to be contained miraculously 🙏🙌🇿🇦💓 I'm sharing this because this was exactly how i saw so many posts about Stephanie Obrien and how she was helping individuals with their trades and i decided to give it a try and luckly it went well, Contact her via her profile link below 👇👇 Stephanie_fx_tr I never wanted to give it a try because I was really afraid of losing my hard-earned money to any scammers online, I am really delighted, I will keep investing with williamchurch09 EXCHANGE company 🇿🇦, you too can start making profits from Agent. Kindly message williamchurch09
Source: TimesLIVE - 🏆 28. / 59 Read more »

Fires on Ou Kaapseweg contained, visitors to Silvermine evacuatedA busy mountain road connecting the southern peninsula to the rest of Cape Town was closed by fires on Saturday, and visitors to the Silvermine area were evacuated. Praying for the fires to be contained miraculously 🙏🙌🇿🇦💓 I'm sharing this because this was exactly how i saw so many posts about Stephanie Obrien and how she was helping individuals with their trades and i decided to give it a try and luckly it went well, Contact her via her profile link below 👇👇 Stephanie_fx_tr I never wanted to give it a try because I was really afraid of losing my hard-earned money to any scammers online, I am really delighted, I will keep investing with williamchurch09 EXCHANGE company 🇿🇦, you too can start making profits from Agent. Kindly message williamchurch09
Source: TimesLIVE - 🏆 28. / 59 Read more »

Patients evacuated at Thusong HospitalPatients were evacuated at the Thusong Hospital in the North West due to hazardous conditions. I never wanted to give it a try because I was really afraid of losing my hard-earned money to any scammers online, I am really delighted, I will keep investing with williamchurch09 EXCHANGE company 🇿🇦, you too can start making profits from Agent. Kindly message williamchurch09 I always hated Bitcoin and thought it was a scam,till I met AMBREYMARCUS1 I made my withdrawal of R250,000 in 2 weeks thanks to AMBREYMARCUS1 Now am financially stable . The majority voter deserves what it votes for.
Source: eNCA - 🏆 49. / 51 Read more »

Residents evacuated after floods in North West as government declares national disasterThe heavy summer rains, which have caused damage to property, flooding, sinkholes and landslides across the country, have prompted the government to declare a national disaster.
Source: SowetanLIVE - 🏆 13. / 63 Read more »

Sheer pandemonium: Durban China Emporium blaze prompts gun-firing, money-grabbing frenzySheer pandemonium: Durban China Emporium blaze prompts gun-firing, money-grabbing frenzy Pandemonium broke out on Friday morning when a fire started at the Durban China Emporium, resulting in money-grabbing and shots being fired
Source: TheSAnews - 🏆 25. / 59 Read more »

Matric student shot dead while waiting for newspapers containing his resultsA student waiting with his friends for newspapers containing their matric results was shot dead by robbers. I know we all probably must have heard about Bitcoin but don't know how it works, I tried it in a week ago by a man who recommended me to Leticia_thomas7 on Twitter She guides me through and i made a return of R15500 after a week of trading, connect with her We are becoming obsessed with Killing, nxaa 😭😭😭
Source: SowetanLIVE - 🏆 13. / 63 Read more »