Die een brandblusser was binne sekondes, so het dit vir Ian Turner, eienaar van die Muisbosskerm, gevoel, leeg, waarop hy terug plaas toe gejaag het om nog blussers te kry. Hy het ook waterpype gebring om die vlamme met water te kan spuit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAl wat ek kon doen, was om die res van wat oor was te probeer red.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Turner was verlig dat die wind op daardie tydstip doodstil was. Die Noordwestewind het gelukkig eers teen 04:00 opgesteek, toe die brand reeds geblus was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOns grootste vrees is bewaarheid: dat iemand die Muisbosskerm doelbewus aan die brand sal steek.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2019n Vrees wat vererger het toe \u2019n soortgelyke buitelug-restaurant in Langebaan, Die Strandloper, in 2020 gedeeltelik afgebrand het nadat vermoedelik rondlopers \u2019n brand laat ontstaan het. Die Soverby-lapa op die strand by Dwarskersbos is in Augustus 2012 ook deur \u2019n brand in puin gel\u00ea. Volgens Turner is die drankstoor juis \u2019n soliede betonstruktuur met \u2019n dek as dak om toegang tot die drank te verhoed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy vertel dat die brandweer al hul dae gehad het om die bosskerm wat aanhou smeul het heeltemal te blus. \u201cOmdat die skerm al 37 jaar in gebruik is, was die muisbosse gekompakteer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Turner vermoed dat \u2019n dwelmverslaafde wat di\u00e9 nag in Lambertsbaai in hegtenis geneem is moontlik met die brand by die restaurant verbind kan word. Die man het vermoedelik di\u00e9 nag ook \u2019n brand by \u2019n ander restaurant en een by \u2019n supermark gestig. Volgens Turner is di\u00e9 brande geblus voordat dit veel skade kon berokken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kapt. Tania Helfrich, woordvoerder vir die Weskus-polisiedistrik, het bevestig dat daar Donderdagaand tussen 19:00-23:00 \u2019n brand by U-Save in DF Malanstraat uitgebreek het, waarin \u2019n deur beskadig is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Turner meen dat die gebied gedurende wintermaande onder misdaad soos inbrake en diefstal deurloop omdat die toerismebedryf dan stil is, en dit bydra tot werkloosheid en dwelmmisbruik.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMuisbosskerm is die oorspronklike buitelug-restaurant in die land.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Soortgelyke plekke soos Die Strandloper en Die Pan in Yzerfontein het later geopen, maar volgens hom het die aanvanklike idee vir \u2019n boma-seekosrestaurant op die strand by Muisbosskerm ontstaan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Om die restaurant \u2019n outentieke karakter te gee is die boma juis uit inheemse materiale gebou. \u201cMuisbos is \u2019n bos wat nie deur diere gevreet word nie, daarom bou Sandveldse veeboere en trekboere \u2019n lapa of kookskerm daarmee. In Boesmanland gebruik hulle asbos en in Namakwaland kraalbos.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dit is binnekort blommeseisoen, dus wil die Turners so gou as moontlik met opruimingswerk begin en skadunette opsit waar die muisbosheining was. Die een helfte van die restaurant, wat insluit die braaipunte, rookoonde en die onderste sit-areas op die strand by die bootjie, kan nog benut word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOns wil nie ons klante teleurstel deur \u2019n maand of twee gesluit te bly nie. Ons mik om oor so twee tot drie weke weer oop te maak.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Turner benadruk dat hy maar van iets negatiefs iets positiefs moet maak. \u201cEk beskou dit as \u2019n kans op vernuwing en verbetering. Ons kan nie oorhaastig wees nie, want dit is die eenvoud van die plek wat mense trek. Ons kan maklik \u2019n vaste struktuur opsit, maar dit gaan die ambience <\/span>heeltemal wegvat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Die restaurant voorsien permanente werk aan 20 plaaslike mense. Volgens Turner is mense se harte oop vir die Muisbosskerm omdat hulle goeie herinneringe aan die plek het. \u201cOns kry geweldige ondersteuning en hulp van oor die w\u00eareld heen. Baie dankie aan almal.\u201d Hy bedank ook die polisie en brandweer. Daar word op sosiale media geld vir die Muisbosskerm ingesamel, maar dit is nie die Turners se inisiatief nie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Die een brandblusser was binne sekondes, so het dit vir Ian Turner, eienaar van die Muisbosskerm, gevoel, leeg, waarop hy terug plaas toe gejaag het om nog blussers te kry. 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