Wave of fires 'suspicious' – City of Cape Town
18 January 2017
Cape Town – Investigations are underway to determine if the fires burning around Cape Town were intentionally started, a city official said on Tuesday.
“The spate of fires is truly suspicious and we have an investigations team that is looking into it,” safety and security mayoral committee member JP Smith said in a statement.
The latest blaze, in Vredehoek, damaged four homes. It was the third extensive fire in the city within a week. A fire on Signal Hill was contained on Saturday. Fires in Simon’s Town destroyed two buildings on Wednesday.
“Where people notice suspicious activity, we encourage them to report that too because we cannot rule out the possibility that some fires are started deliberately,” Smith said.