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IN PICTURES | Trail of destruction left by Garden Route wildfires

01 November 2018 - 16:05 By timeslive
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Overnight rainfall on Tuesday night brought much-needed relief to the burning Garden Route - but the flames left a trail of destruction.

Garden Route District Municipality captured some pictures during a recce flight on Wednesday in the George and Knysna areas after the fires had died down.

Several areas had to be evacuated because of the raging wildfires, HeraldLIVE reported.

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