OR Tambo veld fire shuts down a runway

[Corelli]

Why you [park planes in veld hmm?

Waar is die brandweer?

1. On coffee break
2. Striking
3. Having Donuts
4. Ran of out fuel for their fire engine
5. Forget to fill up with water
6. Their hoses got stolen
7. or they gave them away.

 

[ForceFate]

So they left the plane there to burn and didnt move it?

WHAT A BUNCH OF IDIOTS. JUST CLOSE OR TAMBO. WE DONT NEED IT....AT ALL

(from the Cape Republic)

How were they going to move it? Who was going to do it?

 

[ForceFate]

1. On coffee break
2. Striking
3. Having Donuts
4. Ran of out fuel for their fire engine
5. Forget to fill up with water
6. Their hoses got stolen
7. or they gave them away.

Fortunately that's not what happened.

 

[G'Wobblez]

Because cutting grass is hard work. Burn it,

 

[neoprema]

Did someone confiscate the cellphones of teenagers living near OR Tambo?

 

[ForceFate]

Could it be this area perhaps?

 

[ForceFate]

Because cutting grass is hard work. Burn it,

Not necessarily the case here I think.


However, controlled burning of excessively tall grass isn't something unheard of (not near airports of course).