All the wildfires that broke last Sunday morning in the South Cape Peninsula were under control and being monitored for flare-ups, Charlotte Powell, Spokesperson Cape Town Disaster Risk Management said on Friday.
Powell said all major fires in the Table Mountain National Park had been put out and were under control. However, they are still monitoring for flare-ups in the Cape Point Nature Reserve and the Tokai forest.
More than 2 000 fire fighters had been working to put out fires for the past four days. On Friday they had been able to reduce the numbers of fighters, with only a few remaining to monitor hot spots, Powell said.
The fire had spread from Hout Bay to Constantia Nek as well as Cape Point. The main areas affected by the fire include Constantia Berg, Klein Constantia, Tokai forest, Tierbos Kloof, Hout Bay as well as the upper reaches of Muizenberg, Clovelly and Noordhoek.
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