Oudekraal\12 Apostles fire

[mercurial]

Just heard this. Apparently smoke can be seen from far.

 

[APoc184]

Saw on Twitter

 

[mercurial]

Thanks for the pic.

Just what Cape Town needs

 

[SkippyRamirez]

We have plenty of water here, if you want any?

 

[Temujin]

smoke can be seen from far.

Looking down from jhb side, can't see anything /shrug

 

[APoc184]

Thanks for the pic.

Just what Cape Town needs

It never rains but it pours! (Unfortunate idiom in this case)

 

[Marius Flash]

More like Camps Bay valley - nowhere near being the mountain on fire !

Looks like a Moerse braai

 

[shooter69]

Saw on Twitter

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I see a moerse load of water quite close to that fire. Not sure what the issue is. Shouldnt be to hard to transport salt water a couple of hundred meters?

 

[SauRoNZA]

More like Camps Bay valley - nowhere near being the mountain on fire !

Looks like a Moerse braai

Was about to say...isn't it called Table Mountain.

Don't remember ever seeing a Camps Bay Mountain.

 

[Archer]

I see a moerse load of water quite close to that fire. Not sure what the issue is. Shouldnt be to hard to transport salt water a couple of hundred meters?

Salt usually doesn't go so lekka with pumps, iirc pumps on fire fighting boats are coated in bronze for this reason. Helicopters also don't like salt. Its also not very lekka for the plant life afterwards. In fact, salt will cause greater harm over the long term

 

[greg0205]

Actually, the good folk of Bakoven are probably a little more alarmed than the folk of Camps Bay right now...

 

[Polymathic]

Doesn't look too bad..... yet.

 

[EMAM]

Doesn't look too bad..... yet.

It looks terrible and the wind is howling. It's on the 12 apostles.
view from my house right now

 

[Knyro]

Saw on Twitter

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Weed is legal now bro.

 

[MrGray]

Arson season starting early this year? Can't afford to pussyfoot around these ****s any more and waste water. Time to plant snipers and shoot anyone seen setting a fire on sight.

 

[Gordon_R]

OP: Please change title to 12 Apostles (Edit: Oudekraal) fire on Table Mountain.

Wind is gusty, and blowing from the West, which is unusual for the summer season. Fire is being pushed up the slope.

There is light ash falling in Kenilworth, on the eastern side of Table Mountain. Edit: Smoke plume is halfway to Somerset West already.

Edit: Plenty of photos posted on this forum: https://twitter.com/vwsfires

Salt usually doesn't go so lekka with pumps, iirc pumps on fire fighting boats are coated in bronze for this reason. Helicopters also don't like salt. Its also not very lekka for the plant life afterwards. In fact, salt will cause greater harm over the long term

Disagree on all points! Helicopters can drop salt water, they just have to be washed afterwards. BTW, there are no helicopters on standby, since its not the fire season yet.

 

[TrueSeeker]

In Rondebosch and it's making my eyes are burn

 

[mercurial]

Noticeable haze over the city now. Looks like an eclipse.

 

[Archer]

Disagree on all points! Helicopters can drop salt water, they just have to be washed afterwards. BTW, there are no helicopters on standby, since its not the fire season yet.

You disagree but state helicopters need to be washed after coming in contact with salt water? :erm:

 

[Gordon_R]

You disagree but state helicopters need to be washed after coming in contact with salt water? :erm:

Washing a helicopter is normal routine after a flight. Its only the bucket that goes into the water...

https://twitter.com/vwsfires/status/918123760661737472

SANDF chopper is on scene at #12ApostlesFire doing water drops.

Edit: Video: https://twitter.com/scherithaaa/status/918124005093146624