Garden Route fears worst is still to come as fires resume

11 June 2017 - 02:04
By BOBBY JORDAN

A man died, thousands fled their homes, and one of South Africa's top schools was partially destroyed yesterday when huge wildfires flared up in gale-force wind.By late yesterday the circumstances of the latest death were still unclear, but it brings to six the total number killed in fires that began on Wednesday outside Knysna and subsequently spread as far as Port Elizabeth.

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