LOCAL HEROES PART 1 The secret lives of firefighters – feats of midwifery, first aid and trauma management 6 min 1 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
FIRE FALLOUT Stinging criticism after 'preventable' week-long fire at Etosha National Park threatens biodiversity, livelihoods 8 min 2 By Ernst Calitz
TOXIC SPILL PROBE UPL lawyers fight NPA prosecution decision on Durban chemical blaze 6 min 3 By Tony Carnie
TRAGIC BLAZE ‘We warned you’ — Joburg ignored years of alerts before four Mayfair toddlers died in fire 6 min 5 By Ferial Haffajee
DEADLY BLAZE Relief efforts continue after Kennedy Road informal settlement fire kills two, displaces more than 150 4 min 0 By Julia Evans
WILDLAND-URBAN INFERNOS Latest wildfire highlights complexity of managing fynbos in the Table Mountain National Park 10 min 5 By Kristin Engel
PUBLIC HEALTHCARE Two fires within a week at Tembisa Hospital are not linked – deputy health minister 5 min 0 By Bheki C. Simelane
CONSERVATION How a fire undid decades of conservation and led to the likely extinction of the Brenton blue butterfly 6 min 0 By Kristin Engel
BLAZE ALERT Fire risks rise in Gauteng reserves while staff suspension delay costs taxpayers R1.3m 5 min 1 By Julia Evans
PHOTO ESSAY In pictures – Wildfire rips through Los Angeles suburbs as citizens brace for more hardship 7 min 1 By Daily Maverick Photo Team
SERVICES ON HOLD Table Mountain cableway blaze sparks probe amid largest coordinated emergency rescue in decades 3 min 6 By Lisakanya Venna
CAPE INFERNO About 400 people evacuated from Table Mountain after cable station blaze contained 2 min 2 By Victoria O’Regan and Lisakanya Venna
JOBURG FIRE Families of 2023 Usindiso fire victims still waiting for bodies to be released 5 min 0 By Michelle Banda
INNER-CITY BLAZE AFTERMATH Young survivors of Usindiso fire still unplaced in schools — despite government commitments 4 min 0 By Michelle Banda
GROUNDUP A 28-year-old man arrested after devastating Fish Hoek fire 4 min 0 By Steve Kretzmann for GroundUp
STORM HAVOC Fire destroys several Cape Town houses, wild SA weather brings damage and road closures 5 min 9 By Naledi Sikhakhane
ILLUMINATING DATA Paraffin usage in poor SA households has dramatically declined 3 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
INNER-CITY BLAZE Two die as fire engulfs ‘informal settlement’ building in Joburg CBD, woman arrested 2 min 1 By Takudzwa Pongweni
FIRE CITY CT rescue teams under pressure from multiple blazes while Simon’s Town inferno continues to rage 4 min 0 By Tapiwanashe Zaranyika
