A MI-8-MTV-1 helicopter and a Cessna Spotter aircraft (based Stellenbosch airfield), where dispatched today to fight a fire on the Western slopes of the Helderberg.
Photo depict a ZS-RIX from Working On Fire, dropping water onto the fire line close to residential property high up on the slopes of the Helderberg mountain in Somerset West this morning.
The heat wave experienced in the Cape Peninsula and the strong winds doesn't help ...winds are pretty strong higher up against the mountain), but it looks like WOF and the local fire services on the ground pretty much have this one contained.
The Cessna and Mi-8 where still at the scene at 13:00B today.
