Watch: Veldfire destroys more than a thousand hectares near Middelburg
A veldfire near Middelburg has destroyed more than a thousand hectares on Monday 5 August.
Gerrie Gerrits, one of the farm owners affected by the fire, said that the fire started next to the Van Dyksdrift Road, close to the N4. They suspect that someone set it alight on purpose.
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It has ravaged through two of Mr Gerrits’s farms destroying an estimated 1 000 hectares. The fire is currently under control.
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