A fire that has been raging through Pearly Beach and Buffeljags over the past week is still burning on the mountain above Pearly Beach, the Overstrand Municipality said on Saturday morning.
Residents and firefighters breathed a sigh of relief when rain fell in the affected areas on Friday evening, but this was accompanied by lightning, which led to additional fires in the mountains at Salmonsdam and in the Fernkloof Nature Reserve behind Lemoenkop.