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Disaster waiting to happen – expert

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Woodchip blaze exposed hazards of unchecked development of port city

GREATER catastrophe awaits the harbour city of Richards Bay and its residents if proper spatial planning is not done to cradle the economic boom the area is undergoing.

This was the warning from environmentalist Desmond D’Sa after he surveyed the outcomes of an inferno that has raged at the NCT Forestry Woodchip plant since last Saturday.

Thick smoke clouds laden with pollutants have hovered over the city in the aftermath, and authorities have asked people, especially those with a

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