Cape Town resident and Fin24 staff member Duncan Alfreds says you can smell the smoke everywhere in the area. “It took residents by surprise,” he says of the scale of the fire.
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A number of fires are burning in Cape Town's south peninsula areas, having been fuelled by strong winds. Follow our live updates of the situation as it unfolds.
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