\u201cOns het wonderwerke gesien, soos die wind wat die vlamme in stoppellande injaag en dan brand dit nie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
S\u00f3 gesels Marlize Rossouw van die plaas Vo\u00eblvlei op Piket-bo-berg, wat deur verlede week se reuse-bergbrand geraak is. \u201cOns het baie genade ontvang, want dit kon baie anders gewees het.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die brand het volgens Rossouw die week vantevore reeds bo-op die berg op die plaas Voorstevlei begin. Die omliggende plaasmense was bewus daarvan, en teen Vrydag 2 Februarie het sy en haar man, Dani\u00ebl, gery om te kyk waar die vlamme op die berg trek. \u201cDit is moeilik om van onder af te sien waar dit trek. Dit was toe nog \u2019n entjie van die berg se rand af.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hulle grond loop tot teen die rand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Saterdag 3 Februarie het \u2019n sterk wind opgekom, die vlamme oor die bergrand geblaas en die brand het afgekom oor die plaas Kleinevogelvallei, waar die Rossouws saaigronde huur. Van hier het die vlamme oorgegaan na hul plaas \u2013 een van drie Vo\u00eblvlei-plase wat al geslagte lank aan Rossouws behoort. Die ander Vo\u00eblvlei-plase is ook deur die brand geraak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vandaar is dit \u2019n ent in die kloof op na die plaas Steenbrug toe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rossouw staan verstom oor die wonderwerk dat die vlamme self uitgebrand het voordat dit die opstal kon bereik \u2013 net soos op die plaas Groenkloof, waar die vlamme in \u2019n kloof op pad na die opstal en ander geboue net bo die geboue uitgebrand het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nog \u2019n plaas wat deurgeloop het, is Stawelklip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens Matthew Sheldon, \u2019n woordvoerder vir die Bergrivier-munisipaliteit (BM), het \u2019n sterk wind die brand Dinsdag 30 Januarie na die plase Buglers\u2019 Post, Pomona en Voorstevlei laat versprei.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Niemand het volgens Rossouw reuseskade gely nie, behalwe teeplante wat in die slag gebly het toe grond vinnig omgeploeg moes word om brandpaaie te maak. Daar is ook geringer skade, soos waterlyne wat beskadig is, maar Rossouw meen dit is alles vervangbaar. \u201cDis die minste.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens Rossouw, wat al 32 jaar op die plaas woon, het die berg 31 jaar laas s\u00f3 gebrand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBaie mense was vinnig by om te kom help. Die samewerking was ongelooflik.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die hele gemeenskap \u2013 tot van Velddrif af \u2013 het deurentyd kospakkies, kitskos, water, energiedrankies en ander lafenis vir die brandslaners aangedra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOns het weer gesien ons gemeenskappie kan nogal saamstaan. Dorpsmense het met kinders en bakkies opgedaag en almal het gehelp brandslaan. Dit was amazing<\/span>, mooi om te sien hoe almal saamwerk . . . \u2019n groot donker wolk met baie silwerrandjies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Die oorsaak van die brand is volgens Sheldon nog nie bekend nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sowat 30 brandbestryders van BM en die Weskus-distriksmunisipaliteit het onvermoeid gewerk om die brand uiteindelik op die Tierkloof-plaas onder bedwang te bring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2019n Helikopter is ook di\u00e9 dag ingespan om brandbestryders te help om die vlamme onder bedwang te bring en te blus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rossouw is dankbaar dat die dam op die plaas Kleinevogelvallei, waaruit die helikopter moes water skep, reg langs die oudste natuurlike olienhoutbos in die land was. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHulle kon net skep en gooi.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Di\u00e9 bos, \u2019n historiese gedenkwaardigheid, het net gedeeltelike afgebrand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brandbestryders het steeds onvermoeid gewerk om uiteindelik die brand reg aan die voet van die berg te stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hoewel 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