UPDATE: #KnysnaDisasterRelief donations pour in
Donations will leave in convoy with Edenvale volunteers tomorrow morning from the NEWS' offices.
Donations from the community for residents affected by the Knysna fire have started pouring.
The NEWS’ offices will remain open until 7pm this evening for residents who want to donate goods.
What is needed:
- Tinned goods and can openers
- Cutlery/crockery, paper cups/plates
- Blankets
- Bottled water
- Diapers
- Second-hand clothes and shoes
- Sanitary pads/toiletries such as toothbrushes, soap and so on
- Long life milk and cereal
- Fruit
- First aid supplies
- Pet food
- Baby formula
- Old tents
Donations will leave in convoy with Edenvale volunteers tomorrow morning from the NEWS’ offices.
The NEWS will continue taking in donations after tomorrow’s convoy leaves as RNA Distribution (owned by CTP Caxton and incorporating Magscene) will also be transporting goods to Knysna on Friday as well as the following Friday afternoon.
People affected by the Knysna fires will need ongoing support in the weeks to come and we thus urge our communities to support the Bedfordview and Edenvale News’ #KnysnaDisasterRelief Drive.
Also read: WATCH: Plettenberg Bay fire forces residents to evacuate their homes
The NEWS’ offices are situated in Greenstone Crescent Shopping Centre (The Checkers centre opposite Greenstone Shopping Centre). Shop 18A, next to Body Flo Gym. The offices will be open until 7pm for donation drop-offs.
Previously reported:
The area is experiencing gale force winds and fires raging in many areas, reports the Knysna-Plett Herald.
Knysna fire chief, Clinton Manuel, has confirmed the worst: the fires in Knysna are “out of control” and “there is a slim chance of stopping them”.
Residents from every part of town are taking shelter from the storm near the water and at the Knysna Yacht Club.
Manuel said that the fire was spreading “rapidly due to a fast wind and that people are being evacuated to safe areas within town.”
Areas affected and evacuated, as confirmed by Manuel, are Brenton, Belvidere, Welbedaght, Eastford, Green Pastures and Knysna Heights.
