Challenging conditions continue to hamper firefighting efforts in Aalwyndal and surrounding areas, where flare-ups remain a concern. Firefighters and all relevant role players monitored a flare-up fire in Aalwyndal throughout Wednesday night, as strong, shifting winds persisted, reported theMossel Bay Advertiser. Meanwhile, Gift of the Givers teams were actively responding to the Mossel Bay fires as part of the Joint Operations Centre, working alongside municipal authorities, Fire and Rescue Services, police, emergency management services, the National Sea Rescue Institute and Disaster Management.
Relief and support operations continue around the clock as teams co-ordinate assistance for communities affected by the fire. Flare-ups in the Aalwyndal area necessitated further evacuations yesterday afternoon, according to an update by the Mossel Bay Municipality. The municipality said active multi-agency firefighting continues in Aalwyndal and surrounds, with crews attending to regular flare-ups.
Resources are being used strategically to manage flare-ups, but wind gusts and inaccessible terrain are complicating the containment of the fire, it said. Aerial firefighting resources are still deployed, strengthening containment efforts. One injury, a civilian female minor, has been reported in Vakansieplaas.
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Additional resources that have been volunteered include concrete mixers with articulated arms to aid firefighting operations and a grader to assist with firebreaks. Garden Route SPCA Mossel Bay branch and the Hartenbos Animal Hospital have taken in several animals, both wildlife and domestic, for safety and medical care.
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