South Africa

Fire Incidents Reported at Satara and Olifants Rest Camps in South Africa’s Kruger National Park

today16 October, 2024

Background

To South Africa now, where the Kruger National Park has experienced fire incidents at Satara and Olifants rest camps. At Satara, embers from a braai fire set a chalet’s thatched roof on fire, but the blaze was quickly contained. At Olifants, three chalets were evacuated for the same reason, and guests were moved to nearby camps. SANParks urges visitors to extinguish braai fires after use to prevent further incidents. Spokesperson JP Louw confirmed that no injuries were reported:

 

Written by: Leonard Witbeen