Extra aid brought in to tackle fire at NCT's woodchip mill
Additional resources have been brought into Richards Bay to help fight the fire that's been burning for six days.
Aerial and ground firefighting at NCT's woodchip mill were still ongoing on Thursday.
Local businesses have been helping fire crews from uMhlathuze Municipality.
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NCT General Manager Danny Knoesen says they have started breaking up and spreading the stockpiles to cool down.
"They were brought down an additional fire truck with some new technology that they use to fight cold fires, a polymer that you add to the water that puts a cooling film over the burning area."
"So, we using that technology now, and we are just ramping up how much of that we are applying through the number of the tankers.
"So that is what we are busy with now. We are definitely in control of the fire. It has not spread any further than it did in the first hours."
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