The raging veld fires in the Hardap Region that destroyed large tracts of grazing land have finally been contained.
The fire started on resettlement farm Haribes and spread to other farms over the course of five days.
The cause of the fire is still unknown.
A veld fire that had been raging in the ||Kharas Mountain area since last Friday has been extinguished and is no longer a threat.
Keetmanshoop Rural Constituency Councillor Gertjie Witbooi said this as he gave an update on the veld fire.
Farmers in the Hardap Region have been battling a veld fire that broke out at the Haribes resettlement farm on Monday.
Both Hardap Governor Salomon April and Hardap Region Council Chairperson Gershon Dausab were at the scene of the fire to help put it out.
INTERVIEW | Update on the Otjohorongo residents who have been battling veld fire for nearly a week now.
Residents of Otjohorongo in the Erongo Region teamed up to put out veld fires that have been burning for the past six days.
The veld fires have spread over 15 kilometers destroying anything in its path.
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.
The devastating veld fires in the ||Kharas mountain area are still raging out of control.
On Friday afternoon, farmers, with the assistance of the community, were still battling the inferno that started on Tuesday night.
