Heat wave: Over 3,000 firefighters on standby for elevated fire risks this weekend

The Working on Fire, together with Kishugu Joint Venture (WOF-Kishugu JV), has placed at least 3,200 firefighters along with aerial resources and pilots on high alert over wild fires that might occur over the weekend due to the heatwave.This follows a warning from the SA Weather Services (SAWS) indicating extremely high fire danger in the northern and eastern Northern Cape, western Free State, central Eastern Cape, parts of North-West province, and northern Limpopo.According to SAWS, it’s going to be extremely hot across the country’s inland areas until Monday.”A heat wave with…