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Firefighting efforts intensified on the Garden Route in the Southern Cape this past weekend, as fires raged, leaving destruction in their wake.

A hundred firefighters and management from the Department of Environmental Affairs' Working on Fire in the Free State, were sent to George to provide extra assistance, according to a statement released by Working on Fire. 

Residents from Jonkersberg, Bosdorp, Sonskyn Vallei, Rheenendal, Buffelsnek and Protea Valley bosdorp in the Goudveld were evacuated as a precaution.

However, cooling temperatures in the region have brought about new optimism that the fires will be brought under control soon.