UPDATED: Simon’s Town fire: Teams battle blaze on the front lines [pics]
The hard work of over 200 firefighters deployed at the fire in Simon’s Town has so far kept the blaze away from residential properties.
Nick Pawson is a seasoned multimedia journalist and recovering news presenter who recently returned to the news arena after a few years in the ‘wilderness’. He started his media career as a sports reporter for Primedia, then eNCA, freelancing for HSM and Conde Nast, and ended up at News24 Video. His beats now extend to general news, business news, tech and lifestyle. Outside work, Nick can be found exploring Cape Town’s running trails, drinking flat whites and looking at birds (the feathered kind.)
The hard work of over 200 firefighters deployed at the fire in Simon’s Town has so far kept the blaze away from residential properties.
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