Farmers in the ||Kharas Region are counting their losses after a devastating veld fire ravaged the ||Kharas mountains, destroying vast tracts of grazing land and killing livestock.

The Grunau settlement control officer, Simasiku Muteko, confirmed that the fire had been extinguished last night.

He said the much-welcomed rain in the area brought the fire to a smouldering halt.

Although farmers are still counting losses, they estimate that about 60-thousand hectares of grazing land, covering about ten farms, have been destroyed.

The number of livestock that perished in the blaze that started on Tuesday is yet to be determined.