Overview
- The fire started on Jonkersdam Mountain and moved down slopes toward homes near the Glencairn Expressway in Cape Town’s Deep South.
- More than 60 firefighters from SANParks, the City and volunteer services are engaged in containment and residential protection operations.
- An Incident Command Centre coordinates tactics and law enforcement and animal welfare teams assist on scene.
- No evacuations have been ordered, though residents were urged to stay alert as local closures were reported on Jamaica Road and Trinidad Close.
- Separate fires elsewhere in the city caused major structural losses in Overcome Heights and Z Section, Khayelitsha, with causes under investigation and no injuries reported.