FLAMES OF FURY
Apr 23, 2021
3 minutes
COMPILED BY DENNIS CAVERNELIS
IT HAD been an unusually quiet fire season and as autumn arrived authorities even dared to hope the Mother City would escape unscathed this year.
But any illusion of escape was banished on the morning of Sunday 18 April when all hell was unleashed on the city.
At first it seemed like a regular Sunday morning, the slopes of the mountain dotted with hikers, cyclists and joggers enjoying the bright sunlight.
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