We pretty much saw it as catastrophe turning to cataclysm and apocalypse and then to destruction and devastation. Nevertheless, we saw and recorded it being contained and suppressed by the City of Cape Town Fire and Rescue Services (CTF&RS) and the Bambi Bucket-bearing pilots of Working on Fire’s Hueys.
As He Saw It …
From his position as National Director of Natural Resources Management, Christo Marais saw it very differently.
As They Saw It …
For the definitive story of the Muizenberg Fire of March 2015, we need to see it as we, he and they – the TMNP, VWS, WoF and other ground crews and contractors – saw it … face to face.
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