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Member of the Volunteer Wildfire Services (VWS) battles flames (Luke Daniel/News24)
As Cape Town enters its infamous fire season, more than 300 volunteer firefighters stand ready to respond to callouts at all hours of the day while juggling day jobs at the same time.
More than 34 fire incidents have occurred on Table Mountain since November, signalling a busy start to the fire season which is only expected to relent in May.
While the City of Cape Town's Fire and Rescue Service traditionally has its hands full fighting structural fires, like the recent blaze which gutted more than 200 homes in Dunoon, mountain fires, like the one that ravaged the mountains in Simon's Town over the last week, are extinguished by a team of dedicated volunteers.
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