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More Details on South African Fires

Here are some more details on the wildfires in South Africa (from News24.com). There have been human and animal deaths as a result of these fires. The article has lots of details.

Johannesburg - Wildfires began claiming lives - both human and animal - on Monday as they ran unabated across the hot, dry countryside, fanned by high winds.

A six-year-old girl, Bonakele Ngema, burnt to death in a house where she was trapped in Mntanenkosi reserve, KwaZulu-Natal.

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Three elephants - aged two, seven and 15 - had to be destroyed, because they had been so badly burnt in a fire at Pilanesberg National Park, in North West.

The website I saw this on has several other articles about the fires too.

Posted September 27, 2005 08:43 AM  ·  Link   ·  Incidents

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