Cape Town wildfire contained as evacuated residents allowed to return home


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  • Sunday, 24 Dec 2023

CAPE TOWN, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- South African firefighters have managed to contain a four-day massive wildfire near Cape Town, the country's legislative capital, on Saturday as evacuated residents were allowed to return home.

The wildfire started on Tuesday on the mountain slopes of Simon's Town, around 40 km south of Cape Town and part of the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality.

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