{"id":915456,"date":"2022-01-11T21:30:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T21:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/11\/businesses-warned-of-scams-asking-for-money-on-behalf-of-firefighters-battling-kleinmonds-blaze\/"},"modified":"2022-01-11T21:30:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T21:30:22","slug":"businesses-warned-of-scams-asking-for-money-on-behalf-of-firefighters-battling-kleinmonds-blaze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/11\/businesses-warned-of-scams-asking-for-money-on-behalf-of-firefighters-battling-kleinmonds-blaze\/","title":{"rendered":"Businesses warned of scams asking for money on behalf of firefighters battling Kleinmond\u2019s blaze"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/4915e8a7-0ada-5807-bd7b-860f7faef896&#038;operation=CROP&#038;offset=0x81&#038;resize=2953x1661.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div><!--sse--><\/p>\n<p>Cape Town &#8211; Hermanus businesses are warned of scammers asking for donations or money on behalf of firefighters who have been fighting the blaze in Kleinmond for four days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is unfortunate that fraudsters are taking advantage of the goodwill of residents and businesses alike,\u201d Overstrand executive mayor Dr Annelie Rabie said in a statement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cWe urge you to be extremely cautious when receiving unsolicited phone calls asking for donations,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Rabie urges those who are unsure about the legitimacy of the calls to follow up with the mayor\u2019s office on 028 313 8050, alternatively with Barry van Vuuren of the Whale Coast Business and Community Forum on 073 388 0898.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Rabie previously commented how overwhelmed and humbled she was by the community coming together to support the firefighters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"RelatedArticlescss__StyledRelatedArticles-sc-10g88yu-0 ezIKFV\">\n<h2><span>MORE ON THIS<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>As of 6:30 pm on Tuesday, the fire devastating the region is reportedly 95% contained, with approximately 5 372 hectares of vegetation destroyed by the blaze.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo active firefighting was performed today, the crews spent the entire operational period performing mop-up operations and patrolling of hot spot areas,\u201d Dr Rabie said in her latest update.<\/p>\n<p>Overstrand Municipality reveals a total of 148 personnel were active in Tuesday\u2019s efforts, this includes resources from the City of Cape Town, Cape Nature, and Volunteer Wildfire Services to name a few.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The fire which began on Saturday has been raging for four days as Sunday\u2019s high temperatures, added with windy conditions, created the perfect environment for the fire to spread.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the vast amount of land destroyed by the fire, only one structure has been destroyed &#8211; Kleinmond Golf club.<\/p>\n<p><strong id=\"strong-c22d1d23e309509eadc91c5d4f60e3df\"><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cape Town &#8211; Hermanus businesses are warned of scammers asking for donations or money on behalf of firefighters who have been fighting the blaze in Kleinmond for four days. \u201cIt is unfortunate that fraudsters are taking advantage of the goodwill of residents and businesses alike,\u201d Overstrand executive mayor Dr Annelie Rabie said in a statement [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-915456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=915456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915456\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=915456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=915456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=915456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}