A fire started in the veld next to the Forest Place complex in Moepel Street just after midnight this morning (12 September).
Concerned residents called the fire brigade and the fire was brought under control. Councillor Suzanne Clarke also was contacted.
At approximately 3.30am the fire flared up again among the giant blue-gum trees.
Residents of Forest Place especially are concerned since the giant blue-gum trees in the veld next to the complex are brittle and hollow, and pose a major threat to property and lives. They fear that the smouldering trees might fall onto the complex it borders. Fresh in their minds still is the tragedy in October last year when a burning blue-gum tree on Wilgerood Road keeled over on a passing vehicle and killed the driver.
Clarke assured the residents that City Parks and the fire brigade would attend to the problem. By 11am this morning they were on the scene to start cutting down the trees and contain the fire, which has started to spread due to the wind.
