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Mar 18
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This is a picture fom lions head last night of the Cape Town Fires. You can see the extent and the full power of the fire very clearly here.
above photos: craigkolesky.com (SanDisk)
the photos above were just emailed to me by Romano Brooks. They were taken by Shaun Auckland - tinyurl.com/dhqj5a / tinyurl.com/cptfire
Below are some images of the aftermath courtesy Craig Kolesky (SanDisk)
Here are some more awesome pictures below courtesy of Greg Beadle - gregbeadle.com
Some More Photos Below of the Reservoir courtesy Craig Kolesky (SanDisk) - craigkolesky.com
p.s. went to go check it out this morning and its absolutely incredible how close it was to houses in vredehoek.
NICE WORK FIREFIGHTERS, THESE BOYS KEPT ALOT OF PEOPLE SAFE LAST NIGHT.
do you have any pics, please send them to bo@capetownalive.co.za for me to add here. would be greatly appreciatted.
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Scott Canny
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... heavy days!!!! hope everyone is still in one piece!! that photo is SOOO crazy!!! |
Craig Stack
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... WOW... that fire is right by the Big house, did the Salt and Pepper towers get burnt? Respect to our Fire FighterS!! |
James Gilmour
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... great photos! i have been looking at alot of the articles and blogs and these are def the best photos ive seen!!!! check out the 'die burger' news paper tom for an eyewitness interiew with a CTA member |
yvushka makein
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... who would have thought that when we all curled up in bed last night we would awake to utter pandemonium.people were crowding the streets staring in disbelief as the mountain went up in flames.Many vredehoek residents had to be evacuated and many more prayed that the fire would not jump to Their roof,get to their house their car their life really! the swift response of the cape town fire and rescue department and the action by the police and many residents who went above the call of duty,saved many homes and lives.They were outstanding!! we can be very thankful that we have such skilled and hardworking men and woman in our city. I took a walk this morning above high cape and it is incredible how close the fire really came to burning down rows of houses.I spoke to a resident there who said he had spent the night on his roof spraying down the roofs and gardens in his complex.Many more had taken stands outside their properties with buckets hosepipes etc they stood alongside fire personal in the fight to save their properties. |
Craig Stack
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... Anyone have any idea or been told how it started?? would love to know... Surely it wasnt hot enough yesterday for this to be started on its own?!?! |
Bo Bissict
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... i know hey craig. pretty wierd. apparently it started at rhodes mem. maybe someone smoking or something. its wierd cause it wasnt even hot yesterday????? anybody with more intel??? |
James Gilmour
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... just read that the fire has been ablaze for a few days but was not spreading and was very small! it was the wind that caused the chaos yesterday... as i understand the source was in the vacintity of rhodes memorial... dont know if it true but that is the latest i could find! |
Devin Herd
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... Just imagine how much more devastating it would've been if the wind was howling? My guess is that smokers caused the blaze...never really understood how flames are able to just ignite from nothing more than the sun's heat and some wind. Either way, big ups to the Fire Dept. |
Andrew Kirkby
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... These photos are unbelievable; mad respect to all the guys out there fighting the flames! Definately got my vote on muti.co.za |
Craig Stack
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... thats helluva close to the houses hey... I dig his fish eye lense he (Craig Kolesky) is using, loooks like everything is ok, still helicopters flying everywhere and dropping water and lots of smoke smouldering below Rhodes Mem!! |
Nick Shepherd
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... at 1 am by the spar last night there was ero visibility as the smoke was so think. only saw a cars headlights when they were metres away.very scary. then fireballs started blustering down the street and i thought it was all over |
James Gilmour
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... follow the link below to see your favourite CTA director in action... http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/Home/0,,2-7,00.html |
Scott Canny
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... haha.. gilly and smithers are famous!!! i hope you okes grabbed the playstation before anything else!!!!!  |
James Gilmour
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... yeah dont worry the playstation, the soundbar and the dog were the first things to be saved!  |
Craig Stack
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... Front page of News24... respect Hope poor Tevez wasnt to scared by all the commotion! |
Craig Stack
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... UNBELIEVABLE pics bro... those are awesome, wow!! those Choppers were out in full force all day yesertday |
Jamie Robb
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... Shit could have used my newly learned fire fighting skills to save people. Knew there was some reason i should have stayed in cape town. Give me a call next time there's an emergency |
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