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.

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.