Wildfires in the mountains of Cape Town
Five houses and a hotel were destroyed and dozens of people evacuated from their homes as wildfires raged through Cape Town’s scenic southern peninsula.
- Fire fighters battle a fire near the town of Hout Bay, South Africa, Monday, March 2, 2015. South African firefighters say they are battling to control a wildfire that has burned down five homes in Cape Town’s southern peninsula. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)
- Fire fighters battle a fire near the town of Hout Bay, South Africa, Monday, March 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)
- Fire fighters battle a fire near the town of Hout Bay, South Africa, Monday, March 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)
- Fire fighters battle a fire near the town of Hout Bay, South Africa, Monday, March 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)
- Fire fighters battle a fire near the town of Hout Bay, South Africa, Monday, March 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)
- Fire fighters make their way up a hill as they battle a fire near the town of Hout Bay, South Africa, Monday, March 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)
- Fire fighters battle a fire near the town of Hout Bay, South Africa, Monday, March 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)
- A picture shows vegetation burning in a bush fire in the mountains on the Cape Peninsula, on March 2, 2015, in the greater Cape Town area. (RODGER BOSCH/AFP/Getty Images)
- A helicopter collects water in the ocean near a beach as it battles a fire near the town of Hout Bay, South Africa, Monday, March 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)
- A fire-fighting helicopter flies, with the sea in the background, to dump water on part of a large bush fire raging in the mountains on the Cape Peninsula, on March 2, 2015, in the greater Cape Town area. (RODGER BOSCH/AFP/Getty Images)
- A fire hose lies next to a burnt sign on a road, after a fire in the mountains above Hout Bay, which was part of a larger bush fire raging in the mountains on the Cape Peninsula, on March 2, 2015, in the greater Cape Town area. (RODGER BOSCH/AFP/Getty Images)
- A firefighting helicopter dumps water on part of a large bush fire raging in the mountains on the Cape Peninsula in the greater Cape Town area. (RODGER BOSCH/AFP/Getty Images)
- A firefighting helicopter dumps water on part of a large bush fire raging in the mountains on the Cape Peninsula in the greater Cape Town area. (RODGER BOSCH/AFP/Getty Images)
- A firefighting aircraft dumps water on a part of a large bush fire raging in the mountains on the Cape Peninsula on March 2, 2015. (RODGER BOSCH/AFP/Getty Images)
- Firefighters roll up fire-hoses, after a day of fighting a fire in the mountains above Hout Bay, part of a larger bush fire raging in the mountains on the Cape Peninsula, on March 2, 2015. (RODGER BOSCH/AFP/Getty Images)
- Fire engines line the road, after a day of fighting a fire in the mountains above Hout Bay, part of a larger bush fire raging in the mountains on the Cape Peninsula, on March 2, 2015, in the greater Cape Town area. (RODGER BOSCH/AFP/Getty Images)