Fish Hoek Fire Pictures

11-05am

Yesterday, a blaze of note swept across the Fish Hoek mountain side. It began in Glencairn and with a stiff south-easterly wind blowing, it moved over the mountain towards the top row of Fish Hoek houses. It always amazes me that something so pretty and seemingly innocuous….

….can become so destructive…

Photo by Rene Maritz

From all over the valley, the scene looked devastating…

Photo by David van Niekerk

The heroes of the day had to be the Fish Hoek (and Cape Town) fire service. Apparently there were more than 200 firefighters and 3 helicopters. Some had come straight from fighting another fire in the District 6 area. As you can see from this photo, the fire came down the mountain threatening homes and scaring residents.

Photo by Don Sayers

Homeowners and tenants were warned to remove any valuables, evacuating homes and removing pets…

Photo by Neil Smith

The helicopters were hard at work…

Photo by Heidi Straw

Backwards and forwards they went…collecting water to dump on the flames…

Photo by Rene Maritz

Flying through smokey conditions…

Photo by Rene Maritz

Which looked both spectacular and dangerous…

Photo by Aly Ison

Their job was effective…

Photo by Rene Maritz

And of course, the helicopters had to refuel…this is at the Glencairn fields…

Photo from Keith Robbertze

The fire was devastating razing thousands of square metres of land, causing great plumes of black smoke to descend over the valley, bring with it showers of ash…

Photo from Alison Kleinhans

The flames were high and fierce…

Photo by Rene Maritz

Charred remains left behind …

Photo by Rene Maritz

Fire sweeping up the mountain…

Photo by Valerie-Gail Markowski

This morning, the helicopters were out again by about 6am. The fire had burned throughout the night, but it seems no houses were in danger. I notice there is still smoke pouring off one part of the mountain, but it doesn’t seem near a residential area. Every now and again, we hear a siren or helicopter, but it appears that the fire is under control.

The heroes of the day have to be the helicopter pilots and their ground team…

Photo by Rene Maritz

Thanks to all the fabulous Fish Hoek photographers for capturing some amazing pictures.

Romans 12:10
Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.

I hope we have seen the back of it.

Keep the smile going.

God bless you!

In His Grip,

Helga xx 🙂

Gratitude Pic….Mike had a check up this morning…this was his sms…