Wildfire rages on for third day near Cape Town in South Africa

CAPE TOWN, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- A wildfire was burning for a third day Thursday on a mountain near Cape Town, the legislative capital of South Africa.

The wildfire started on Tuesday on the mountain slopes of Simon's Town, around 40 kilometers south of Cape Town and part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality.

So far, the wildfire has burnt approximately 1,140 hectares of land in the area, said