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.
Witbooi said the fire, which was caused by lightning, spread across about five farms and destroyed grazing land.
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.
The fires have so far killed several animals and destroyed an estimated 60-thousand hectares of grazing land, covering about ten farms.
Affected farmers battling the fire told the nbc News crew that with divine intervention they are hopeful of putting out the blaze.
