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Members of the Monte Vista Plattekloof Glen Neighbourhood Watch and private security officers had to act swiftly last week when two fires broke out along the N1 highway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deon Oosthuizen, neighbourhood watch vice-chair, and District Watch shift commander and armed response officer, Albert Oberholzer, were the two individuals first alerted to a fire underneath the Monte Vista bridge, before being alerted of a second fire further down the highway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We made our way to the bridge and found that the City of Cape Town\u2019s Fire and Rescue Services had also arrived on scene, who then proceeded to extinguish the fire, explains Oosthuizen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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District Watch armed response officer Albert Oberholzer helping to extinguish the fire along the N1.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

They left, and a few minutes later received another call that someone was concerned about a fire behind their house, he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe found that another fire was burning on the N1 behind Westerwijk Avenue, Plattekloof Glen,\u201d says Oosthuizen. The two proceeded to break off some branches from a bluegum tree and started dousing the flames. They also requested assistance from the fire department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSome of the motorists and residents stepped in. We started filling buckets of water and got the one section under control. When the City\u2019s fire and rescue arrived, they quickly got everything under control,\u201d says Oosthuizen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He adds: \u201cWe were told that a well-known vagrant started the fire and this information had been sent to the police.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The neighbourhood watch is requesting residents to report any suspicious behaviour to the police (10 111) or to call the City\u2019s emergency number (021 480 7700) to prevent such incidents from occurring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The City of Cape Town’s Fire and Rescue Services on the N1 where a fire broke out last week.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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