Community urged to be vigilant for fires during windy season

HARTBEESPOORT – On receiving a call from concerned community members of a fire seen from Meerhof, Harties volunteer rescue NPC 2023/962820/08 headed out to find the location accompanied by PWV Security. They both ended up at the “old man’s club” (senior burgers hengel club) in Ifafi. After getting hold of the groundsman he informed us he had lit the fires to burn the rubbish, and went back to his room to let it burn, this all done on a red FDI – with wind gusts of +30km/h. Immediately they instructed the groundsman to get a bucket and start putting the four (4) fires out as he is now posing risk to life and property, after monitoring the situation, the fires were extinguished and the area was left safe.