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Fourteen Working on Fire teams were deployed at fires which were burning in various areas in the Western Cape on Monday.
Spokesman Linton Rensburg said the teams have been hard at work during the past 8 weeks in the Western Cape.
They were deployed at fires which were burning in the Cederberg mountains near Clanwilliam, Franschoek, Tulbagh and in the Uniondale area in the Eden District.
Its estimated that over 25 000 hectares of veld have already burned in Clanwilliam.
According to WoF general manager Shane Christian, the organisation has decided to deploy an additional five teams from the Eastern Cape and Free State provinces to assist the already exhausted teams in fighting the various veld fires in the Western Cape.
