Major Northern Cape fire spreads into Free State
Runaway fires blazing in the Northern Cape have crossed into the Free State, with the area between Jacobsdal and Kimberley also hit.
According to Johan Breytenbach from the Free State Umbrella Fire Protection Association, by Monday evening the fire was actively spreading in an easterly direction over a front of approximately 30km.
The left flank of the Richie fire crossed the N8 and was burning approximately 10km from the NC/FS border by 20:30 last night. Meanwhile, no expansion of the Mosu Lodge Fire in the Northern Cape had been recorded since yesterday afternoon.
OFM News earlier reported that an initial veld fire broke out on the N12 outside Kimberley.
At the time at least one farm in the area had been gutted by the veld fire. Many roads in the area were inaccessible, where wild animals were crossing in the thick smoke blanketing the N12 - posing a further threat to motorists. It was predicted that the fire will be heading east until bout 08:00, and will then spread in a south-easterly direction.
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