Pilanesberg Fires

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Latest Sightings - Pilanesberg
6 hrs
Mankwe hide completely destroyed in the out of control raging fire

Most of the central part of the park burned fire now moving towards Kwa Maritane
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Heinrich Neumeyer
2 hrs ·
My beloved Pilanesberg....

Truly worrying news that Pilanesberg National Park had a devastating fire last night and throughout today.

It seems the fire started on the outside of the Park in the North and continued throughout most of the Wilderness area and continued South towards the Centre of the Park and is currently continuing to Kwa Maritane Lodge.

Mankwe Hide has burned down completely.

It is really horrifying...

Our thanks, thoughts and prayers go with the staff on the ground that are trying their best to control the fire

Our thoughts also go out to the animals at this very distressing time.

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[Lisbeth]

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Latest Sightings - Pilanesberg
13 hrs ·

ALERT:
PARK CLOSED TOMORROW
Bakubung have notified all guests that the Park’s Board have said the park will be closed tomorrow due to the fire.
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‏ @LatestPilanesBG
16h16 hours ago

Alert
Important notice to all our guests. Please note that the Pilanesberg National Park gates are all closed at the moment due to a fire.Bakubung is still operational, however all Game Drives and Self drives are cancelled. As soon as we have updates we will advise.

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Mankwe Hide?

https://web.facebook.com/LatestSighting ... rdc=1&_rdr

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https://twitter.com/i/status/1036258091669569537


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‏ @LatestPilanesBG
16h16 hours ago

Video of the Fire
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Yes RP, that's Mankwe hide.

[Dzombo]

Shocking to see.

I recall that last time there was a big fire, lots of elephants were hurt. Because the area of the reserve is relatively small, they got trapped between the fire and the fence, and got badly burnt.

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Big 5 under fire threat as central Pilanesberg burns
03 September 2018 - 09:21 By Timeslive


A wildfire at the Pilanesberg National Park near Sun City in South Africa burnt down the Mankwe camp‚ and moved quickly through the fenced Big 5 park at the weekend.

The fire was still burning on Monday morning.

Park authorities said it began on Saturday night from the north of the park‚ and ran through the park on Sunday with the wind blowing south. They confirmed the Mankwe hide was destroyed by the fire.

On its Facebook page‚ it shared images of the devastation‚ adding though that "lots of people" were putting their lives on the line to try and contain the fire.

"Our thoughts are with all the teams on the ground and the beloved wildlife caught up in this disaster." Images are being shared by visitors and nature-lovers.
https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/sci-te ... erg-burns/