South African Firefighters Return Home After Helping to Battle Wildland Blazes in Canada

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More than 100 Working on Fire firefighters were deployed to Canada in early August to assist with that country's wildfire crisis. The programme offered youngsters an opportunity they may never have gotten otherwise and was instrumental in controlling the wildland fires, a fingerprint of the climate crisis.

More than 100 South African firefighters returned home on Thursday morning after 36 days of helping to fight wildland fires in Canada.

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