Firefighters work to keep Golden Gate National Park wildfire under control
The fire started last night and a team from Working on Fire alongside SANParks is working to extinguish it.
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Fire management organisation Working on Fire in Clarens, Free State, is currently working with South African National Parks to extinguish a wildfire at Golden Gate Highlands National Park.
FREE STATE FIRE UPDATE
The Working on Fire Clarens team has been dispatched to a fire in the Golden Gate National Park in the Free State.#SavingLives#RestoringDignity#ProtectingTheEnvironment pic.twitter.com/NItECpBSjW
— Working on Fire (@wo_fire) January 28, 2019
A representative of volunteer group Clarens Fire Association confirmed the fire started last night.
“The Working on Fire team is currently there, about 23 people, they are working together with the park,” he said.
“It’s just veld at this stage, I haven’t yet been to the site but we are not overly worried yet,” he added.
This is a developing story.
(Compiled by Daniel Friedman)
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