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Speaking to The Citizen at the nature reserve yesterday, Parapara Makgahlela, provincial communication officer for Working on Fire, said the blaze started on Sunday afternoon and was still burning.
“The Working on Fire-Kishugu joint venture has dispatched 28 firefighters to suppress the raging fire in the nature reserve.
“Since the fire broke out two days ago, we have only one team to battle the blaze. We are doing our best to bring the fire under control and avoid any loss of life and destruction of propert y.
“We have several firefighters attending to it,” said Makgahlela.
“The grass is dry and is susceptible to scorching at this time of the year. Our firefighters are professionally trained to deal with deadly fire incidents like this one.
“The blaze is still going in mountainous terrain and the amount of hectares can only be determined after suppressing all fires.
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