NELSPRUIT - MpumalangaTourism Parks Agency (MTPA) experienced fire problems that damaged a lot within their areas. According to Jimmy Masombuka, The MTPA media Liason Officer, on the last Sunday of July this year in the northern of SS Skhosana nature reserve the fire started around 7pm to burn the forests. The local fire fighters managed to stop that fire using a helicopter before accidents. No body knows what started the fire.

On the third of August another fire started at Mthethomusha nature reserves forests at 8pm and caused serious injuries to small animals and damaged property. The used a hand crew to stop that fire. The cause of fire was also not traced. On the fifth of August at about 7:30 another fire started in the forest and threatened to burn Bongani lodge.

The MTPA fire fighters managed to stop that fire before burning the lodge and the cause was also not traced. On the 7th of august a house was burning in Barberton nature reserve hilltop. The cause of the fire was not seen. The fire fighters stooped using a helicopter. “We would like all the stake holders who helped MTPA to stop the fires attacks. Even though we don’t know what really caused the fires but in the future we like people to report to the police or fire workers if they see fire in the forest because it’s a good thing to report that” said Jimmy Masombuka during the interview. No body was seriously injured in these fire accidents. Only some of the the live stocks died and some properties was burnt to ashes.