ALERT: FIre Hazard Warning Today in Western Cape - VERY HOT TEMPERATURES ASSOCIATED WITH HEAT WAVE

NVDL: There are already fires blazing around Paarl, and temperatures are hovering around 40 C.

clipped from www.weathersa.co.za  National Warning - Issued on Friday, 6 March 2009 at 06.00 Conditions favouring runaway fires are expected in the West Coast District of the Western Cape province. Heat wave with persistently very hot temperatures are expected in the western parts of the Western Cape until Friday, spreading to the eastern parts on Saturday.