South Africa: Volunteer Firefighters to Lend Helping Hand in Knysna

A concerned citizen from Gauteng is rallying trained fire fighters to be deployed in Knysna to help out with the raging fire that has crippled the town since Wednesday.

Diederick Stopforth woke up on Thursday morning and decided that tweets and Facebook posts won't be enough to help the efforts underway in Knysna, where five people have been left dead and thousands have been displaced.

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