I woke up a few times smelling smoke, thought it was the remnants of of wood fire burning out that we light on Tuesday night. The next time I woke up to sirens and loud speakers but could not make out what was being said. I jumped out of bed and pulled open the blinds and was greeted by a think haze of red smoke. FIRE . We frantically got dressed, grabbed our passports and jewelery out of the safe, grabbed water and in between all this called various neighbours. The inside of our house was thick with smoke. We call the police, they said Walmer estate had been evacuated and they were alerting residents in Devils Peak. We decided to get out. Lots of cars were out, some going up the hill towards the fire. We went down and to Oranjezicht where these pics were taken.
Now its 5.50am. I am back home, house still smells smokey, the wind has died down and there are no more flames to be seen. our neighbourhood will look very different tomorrow morning. More on BAcktoSA
