{"id":50643,"date":"2021-06-22T09:19:47","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T07:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/firefighters-still-working-hard-to-combat-tsitsikamma-fire-20210622\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T17:19:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T15:19:28","slug":"firefighters-still-working-hard-to-combat-tsitsikamma-fire-20210622","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/firefighters-still-working-hard-to-combat-tsitsikamma-fire-20210622\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefighters still working hard to combat Tsitsikamma fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_19ea2d9c\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The fire in Tsitsikamme is still ongoing. Photo: S\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9783\/1a75720d21404629ab3057a489e4be03.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9784\/3630500292044967b9ee688db1caac44.jpeg\" title=\"The fire in Tsitsikamme is still ongoing. Photo: Supplied\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">The fire in Tsitsikamme is still ongoing. Photo: Supplied<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The two separate fires that are being co-ordinated from the joint<br \/>\nOperation centre (Coldsream in Lottering and Koomansbos in Witelsbos) are still<br \/>\nongoing this morning.<\/p>\n<p>According to Nthabiseng Mokone, Communications Officer from Working on Fire (WOF), the fire started yesterday, 21 June and WoF teams have been working<br \/>\nvery hard in partnership with Southern Cape Fire Protection alongside MTO<br \/>\nForestry, SANParks, KouKamma Fire Department, Sarah Baartman Fire Protection,<br \/>\nEC Umbrella FPA and Sarah Baartman District Municipality in an effort to combat<br \/>\nthis fire.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;More than 100 firefighters from six teams (two from Southern Cape and<br \/>\nfour from Eastern Cape) resumed for day shift relieving the teams that were<br \/>\nworking at night,&#8221; Mokone said.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netwerk24.com\/ZA\/PE-Express\/firefighters-battle-with-raging-fire-in-tsitsikamma-20210621\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>ALSO READ: WATCH: FIREFIGHTERS BATTLE WITH RAGING FIRE IN TSITSIKAMMA<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Working on Fire is the department of Forestry, Fisheries and<br \/>\nEnvironment\u2019s program that help in fighting veld and forest fires.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The wind is calm at the moment and the FDI is standing at yellow this<br \/>\nmorning. Firefighters are busy constructing a control that will assist in<br \/>\npreventing fires from reaching other areas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The N2 has been opened this morning and drivers are advised to be cautious<br \/>\nand vigilant. No structures have been affected by this fire yet and the cause of the fire<br \/>\nis still unknown.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h6>Issued by WOF<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The two separate fires in the Tsitsikamma area are still ongoing this 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