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INFERNO CRISIS ENGULFS CAPE: DID OFFICIALS IGNORE DEADLY WARNING SIGNS FOR DECADES?
THIS ISN’T JUST A FIRE. IT’S A RUNAWAY TERROR. Thousands of hectares are now ash. Homes are gone. Communities are shattered. And as the smoke billows over the Western Cape, burning questions demand answers: WHY did this happen, and WHO is truly to blame?
FORGET THEORIES. The facts are in the charred earth and the frantic, six-day firefighting siege. Official investigator Rob Erasmus calls it “one of the biggest firefighting operations that the Overstrand has experienced.” A “CODE RED” was declared. Helicopters bombarded the flames, but the fire fought back with a vengeance. WHY? The shocking evidence points to a silent, green killer lurking in the hills for over 150 YEARS.
LOOK AT THE PHOTOS. The leaping flames, the monstrous smoke. A witness describes a “horror movie,” a “leaping giant of fire.” These aren’t normal blazes. The core problem is a catastrophic, man-made mistake: dense, invasive alien vegetation. Port Jackson trees, brought by European settlers in the 1840s, are now FUELING THE INFERNO. Officials KNEW. The law KNEW. Since 1983, the Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act has labeled Port Jackson a dangerous invader that MUST be controlled. IT WASN’T.
THE SYSTEM FAILED WHILE THE FOREST BURNED. These foreign trees burn hotter, burn longer, and create a canopy that stops water from helicopters from even reaching the ground. They smoulder for days, causing “rekindled fires” that erupt AGAIN after firefighters leave. It’s a nightmare loop. The very plants introduced to “stabilize” the land are now DESTABILIZING LIVES, costing millions in desperate firefighting efforts while politicians issue statements.
Local leader Jami Kastner warns the “underlying causes” must be addressed. But they’ve been ignored for generations. The bill is due, paid in fear, lost homes, and scorched farmland. WHO PROFITS FROM THE SILENCE? Who looks away from the clear and present danger choking these hills?
This isn’t a natural disaster. It’s a slow-motion betrayal that just exploded. The flames have been seeded in the soil for centuries.
Author: Kayitsi.com
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