Agriculture
WoF geared for fires in FS and NC─── 08:45 Wed, 12 Jun 2013
Dirk Kok
Hundreds of fire fighters are deployed in the Free State and Northern Cape. With this Working on Fire (WoF), the government funded programme to help help fight veldfires, is ready for the winter fire season, says Masibonge Silevu, WoF’s assistant manager in the two provinces.
He says last winter WoF helped to fight 106 fires that destroyed more than 90 000 hectares of veld in the Northern Cape. After that, in November, more than 119 000 hectares burnt down at Koopmansfontein.
In the Free State WoF attented to 154 fires that destroyed more than 120 000 hectares in 2012, he says:
Hundreds of fire fighters are deployed in the Free State and Northern Cape. With this Working on Fire (WoF), the government funded programme to help help fight veldfires, is ready for the winter fire season, says Masibonge Silevu, WoF’s assistant manager in the two provinces.
He says last winter WoF helped to fight 106 fires that destroyed more than 90 000 hectares of veld in the Northern Cape. After that, in November, more than 119 000 hectares burnt down at Koopmansfontein.
In the Free State WoF attented to 154 fires that destroyed more than 120 000 hectares in 2012, he says:
Masibonge Silevu:
