{"id":99837,"date":"2019-08-05T15:43:03","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T13:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=99837"},"modified":"2019-08-06T14:42:29","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T12:42:29","slug":"watch-veldfire-destroys-thousand-hectares-near-middelburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2019\/08\/05\/watch-veldfire-destroys-thousand-hectares-near-middelburg\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Veldfire destroys more than a thousand hectares near Middelburg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gerrie Gerrits, one of the farm owners affected by the fire, said that the fire started next to the Van Dyksdrift Road, close to the N4. They suspect that someone set it alight on purpose.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/91112\/case-arson-opened-fire-duvha-combined-school\/\" target=\"_blank\">Case of ason opened after fire at Duvha Combined School<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fire destroys at least 1 000 ha near Middelburg\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CZvD0mC8s-s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It has ravaged through two of Mr Gerrits\u2019s farms destroying an estimated 1 000 hectares. 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