Rescuers lose 'everything' in Cape fire

11 June 2017 - 02:00
By BOBBY JORDAN

The crew of a rescue boat racing to save Knysna residents from their jetties on the lagoon had the eeriest possible start. The first jetty they visited burst into flames. "As our craft was on the jetty, the jetty ignited," said Jerome Simonis, National Sea Rescue Institute Knysna station commander. It was not spontaneous combustion.

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