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29 September 2023
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Manyane Resort and Sun City hotel ravaged by fire, weeks after Pilanesberg Airport wildfire
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More than 40 chalets went up in flames at Manyane Resort in North West over the weekend of 16 and 17 September 2023. What began as a veld fire grew into a fire so big that firefighters were still battling to contain it a day later.
North West Economic Development, Environment, Conservation and Tourism spokesperson Jerry Matebesi said on Monday morning, “We are focusing on extinguishing the fire and calculating the costs. Even though the fire started on Saturday afternoon, firefighters were still battling to get it under control on Sunday night. There were no deaths or reported injuries.”
Matebesi added that dry grass and wind contributed to the speed and size of the fire.
The Manyane Resort fire broke out around the same time as the one that ravaged Cabanas Hotel in Sun City, about 10 minutes away.
Matebesi said the Cabanas fire started in the kitchen at around 14h30, an hour before Manyane Resort.
"These fires are independent of each other," he said.
According to Sun City general manager Brett Hoppe, a fire broke out in the Cabanas Hotel kitchen at about 14h30 on Saturday afternoon. The staff noticed a small fire, which they extinguished but it had already spread through the extraction ventilation to the reception areas.
No one was injured in the Cabanas fire either and guest accommodation was unaffected, the hotel said.
The two fires come three weeks after the nearby Pilanesberg Airport went up in flames.
North West police spokesperson Brigadier Sabata Mokgwabone said an inquiry had been opened into the Sun City fire.
Sources: North West Department of Economic Development, Environment Conservation and Tourism; News 24
North West Economic Development, Environment, Conservation and Tourism spokesperson Jerry Matebesi said on Monday morning, “We are focusing on extinguishing the fire and calculating the costs. Even though the fire started on Saturday afternoon, firefighters were still battling to get it under control on Sunday night. There were no deaths or reported injuries.”
Matebesi added that dry grass and wind contributed to the speed and size of the fire.
The Manyane Resort fire broke out around the same time as the one that ravaged Cabanas Hotel in Sun City, about 10 minutes away.
Matebesi said the Cabanas fire started in the kitchen at around 14h30, an hour before Manyane Resort.
"These fires are independent of each other," he said.
According to Sun City general manager Brett Hoppe, a fire broke out in the Cabanas Hotel kitchen at about 14h30 on Saturday afternoon. The staff noticed a small fire, which they extinguished but it had already spread through the extraction ventilation to the reception areas.
No one was injured in the Cabanas fire either and guest accommodation was unaffected, the hotel said.
The two fires come three weeks after the nearby Pilanesberg Airport went up in flames.
North West police spokesperson Brigadier Sabata Mokgwabone said an inquiry had been opened into the Sun City fire.
Sources: North West Department of Economic Development, Environment Conservation and Tourism; News 24
