Piet Smith
Piet Smith
areas busy large lost slowly winning
We've lost nothing, by the grace... But we've still got large areas that we're busy extinguishing. We're slowly winning the battle.
dock facing fire large mountain quite side
It's quite a large fire on the side of the mountain facing the dock area.
appliances assisting crew fire four ground including national park places six various volunteers water
We have 20 fire ground crew and 16 National Park volunteers assisting at various places to put the fire out. About 16 fire appliances including tankers and four helicopters and six water tankers are also being used.
control fanning flames strong wind
A strong wind is fanning the flames and it's out of control.
adequate appliances render service
We're not working as efficiently and effectively as we could be. Without adequate staff, appliances and equipment, we can't render this service as well as we should be.