High fuel loads coupled with dry conditions have dramatically increased the risk of wildfires in the two provinces. Ground and aerial fire-fighting resources have been extensively deployed throughout the two provinces. In Mpumalanga, farm dams are on average at 20% of their potential capacity.
Read the full story in the 15 June 2012 issue of FW.
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