Fires led to severe water outages in Nelson Mandela Bay, the municipality said Where there is smoke, there is fire. And in Nelson Mandela Bay, a fire so hungry it lapped upstrips of open landand left many homes, and two hospitals without a single drop of water. Where there is smoke, there is fire.
And in Nelson Mandela Bay, a fire so hungry it lapped up and left many homes, and two hospitals without a single drop of water. “And jeez Louise, that was scary,” said Leigh-Ann Fourie of Little Chelsea. She described the fire raging close to the complex where she was staying with her children, with smoke so thick it blanketed the air like “a type of fog”.
The smoke was so bad, Fourie said, that they had to buy purifiers to clear their home. “We are in the middle of the complex,” she toldIOL. “Though it is now somewhat under control, it got pretty bad at one stage.” Fourie was one of many residents keeping a close eye on WhatsApp groups to track the fire and see what was happening nearby.
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Nelson Mandela Bay has been hit hard by spasmodic fires all week, making residents anxious and threatening homes. It also caused the evacuation of the police’s K9 unit in Southdene, police spokesperson Captain André Beetge said.
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