WATCH: The diary of a volunteer firefighter
“I just can’t even begin to tell or explain what it looks like here. Thule looks like a war zone, houses almost flattened, my heart goes out to the families who have lost everything and then there are the helpless confused poor animals."
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DEAN Myburgh, marketing manager at The Glen Shopping Centre, has flown to Cape Town to assist with the raging fires which have left Knysna and many other areas completely destroyed. Dean, a qualified paramedic, left with a team on Saturday, June 10.
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His wife, Saretha, posted on Facebook, “My dearest husband, as you go off to assist with the Knysna fires, please be safe at all times. We love you so very much. God bless.”
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Monday, June 12
After fighting fires in Knysna, he said this morning: “The community support here is unbelievable, so much support and kindness to those in need and for the firefighters. We are now on our way to Plettenberg where assistance is needed as plantations are burning.
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“I just can’t even begin to tell or explain what it looks like here. Thule looks like a war zone, houses almost flattened, my heart goes out to the families who have lost everything and then there are the helpless confused poor animals.
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“If you want to see a community that comes together this is it! Our country can learn from this community. I must run now, we are being deployed, chat later.”
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*We’ll be in constant contact with Dean, who will keep us updated when he is able to chat.
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Monday 12:00
“More fires and a large plantation now caught alight. Some horses down at the bottom, which we’ll have to try and move in the opposite direction. This is going to be a big one to stop.”
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