Fire at the Knysna taxi rank

Thursday, 16 February 2023, 04:30

Yet another fire at the Knysna taxi rank last week caused significant damage to not only fruit stalls at the rank, but to shops across the road too, with storefront windows and signage in particular badly damaged. The fire occurred at about 06:00 on Thursday 9 February, while many Knysna residents were just getting their day started. 

Photos: Blake Linder

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Remnants of the Nelson Street fruit stalls following the fire.
Stall owners ICliff Militant and Gaston Fredericks (right) have lost thousands of rands...
The fire also caused severe damage to two of the holding bays at the rank.
The Nelson Street side of the Knysna taxi rank after the fire.
While municipal officials conducted an oversigh visit, vagrants could even be seen...
Storefronts in Nelson Street sustained significant damage.
Only carnage was left of Gaston Fredericks' fruit stall.
The site where one of the previous fires occurred has still not been repaired or...
The Nelson Street side of the Knysna taxi rank two weeks before the fire.
Gaston Fredericks stands next to what was left of his stall after the fire.
Fruit and other food was burnt to a crisp in the fire.
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