Working on Fire is sending a team to Canada to resolve a pay dispute and apparent strike by South African fire fighters who were flown there to help extinguish a massive wildfire. The government-funded organisation said that media reports about “salary increases” and hourly rates had “caused confusion” among the fire fighters who are abroad.Some of the fire fighters failed to report for duty on Wednesday.Report: SA firefighters in Canada embroiled in pay disputeCBC News said the dispute was prompted by “news articles…claiming the workers are making between $15 and $21 an hour”‚ and quoted one of the fire fighters‚ Bitiro Moseki‚ as saying: “It’s $15 (R179.90) not even per hour‚ it’s $15 per day.”“We wish to categorically state that the quoted amount of $21 (R244) per hour is incorrect and was never agreed to with anyone‚” said Working on Fire spokesman Linton Rensburg on Thursday.He said it was agreed by all of those who were deployed to Canada that they would receive their normal stipend in line with the South African Government’s Expanded Works Programme‚ including provision for time worked over eight hours.A week ago‚ TMG Digital reported that‚ fearing they would be seen as “slave labour”‚ Canadian officials had jacked up the pay of the fire fighters.Rensburg said the fire fighters had agreed on a stipend of R174.90 a day paid by the Canadian government and would receive and additional R408 for every day spent abroad from the South African government upon their return.“We are dispatching a senior management team to Alberta‚ Canada‚ this evening to address the fire fighters’ concerns and to assist with the smooth demobilisation of our fire fighters and their safe return back home to South Africa‚” said Rensburg...