24 Aug 2011Five people were hurt and several major roads closed due to veld fires fuelled by strong winds in the northern Free State, the North West and southern parts of Gauteng on Tuesday night.
The Free State Agriculture representative in the Parys region, Tommie Esterhuizen, said farmers were fighting fires in various areas of the province.
A fire at Parys, which started in the Vredefort area, was nearly under control early on Tuesday night.
“I cannot tell you at this stage what the damages were, but it was a huge fire. The Koppies Nature Reserve suffered a huge amount of damages.”
http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/veld-fires-force-road-closures-1.1123706
