Top 50 Wildfire
Top 50 Wildfire

A collection of memorable images over the past 5 years...

Robertson (2017)
Robertson (2017)

A 3 day battle to control a blaze that ravaged +6000 hectares

Lions Head (2020)
Lions Head (2020)

A fire swept across the popular hiking mountain in Cape Town...

Simonsberg (2016)
Simonsberg (2016)

January 2016 - The action kicked off quickly at Wiesenhof, Stellenbosch...

Oudekraal (2017)
Oudekraal (2017)

An early start to Fire Season kept crews on their toes...

Paarl (2017)
Paarl (2017)

January 2017 - A path of destruction & Crews high in the mountains

Du Toitskloof (2017)
Du Toitskloof (2017)

A monster of a fire swept through the Paarl region, threatening multiple properties and stretching resources on...

Rooi Els (2017)
Rooi Els (2017)

Aerial & Ground crews battling a fire overlooking False Bay...

Villiersdorp (2018)
Villiersdorp (2018)

A blaze catalysed by a large fire twirl resulted in a 6 day fire...

Bettys Bay (2020)
Bettys Bay (2020)

A large runaway fire that besieged the small town & mountainside of Bettys Bay for 12 days led to the death of 1 and destruction of 30+ houses...

Simonsberg (2017)
Simonsberg (2017)

A VWS crew tackled the fire on the slopes of Simonsberg Mountain...

Ocean View/Simons Town (2017)
Ocean View/Simons Town (2017)

January 2017 - High winds pushed a small fire across the Peninsula resulting in evacuations and mass action

Deer Park (2017)
Deer Park (2017)

January 2017 - The 4th large fire to hit the Western Cape, right on the doorstep of Table Mountain

Somerset West (2017)
Somerset West (2017)

January 2017 - A fire that burned for 10 days and left thousands of hectares destroyed

Karbonkelberg (2017)
Karbonkelberg (2017)

Crews were faced with mammoth task as a fire mid-morning quickly spread over the mountains above Hout Bay...

Vermont (2016)
Vermont (2016)

Alien vegetation lighting up as Working on Fire firefighters hold the line

Koeberg (2016)
Koeberg (2016)

February 2016 - helicopter nearby managed to water bomb its supply within seconds, followed by...

Ashton (2017)
Ashton (2017)

An evening spent with HotShot crews in the Ashton & Bonnievale region 200km outside Cape Twon

Elgin (2016)
Elgin (2016)

January 2016 - I arrived at 5am with quiet scenes as crews attempted to contain the fire...

Ocean View (2016)
Ocean View (2016)

January 2016 - Strong winds and unpredictable gusts made it difficult for ground and air...

Fish Hoek (2016)
Fish Hoek (2016)

March 2016 - Dunes are an unusual spot for fire, yet this fire erupted quickly and spread...

Simons Town (2015)
Simons Town (2015)

November 2015 - Amber flying high from the strong winds allowed the fire...

Cape Town (2015)
Cape Town (2015)

March 2015 - What will be known as one of the biggest Fires Cape Town has ever seen, the Fires of...

Additional Archive (2015-2020)
Additional Archive (2015-2020)

A collection of 200+ additional images from wildfires...