South Africa: A Cape Town Firefighter's Long Journey to Work

It's 5:30am in Town Two, Khayelitsha, and firefighter Anelisa Flani has just started her day.

Flani is one of nearly 400 Working on Fire crew members, who, along with hundreds of Fire and Rescue firefighters and other volunteers, have been assisting to douse one of the largest veld fires ever to rage across the slopes of Cape Town's mountains.

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