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<\/figure>\n\n\nOne firefighter is still on a ventilator in the hospital, and another is also in critical condition, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Robertson said some of the poachers were also believed to have been injured in the fires near private farms as wind and dry ground caused them to burn out of control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No arrests of suspected poachers were reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wildfires have burned in other parts of KwaZulu-Natal for the last week due to the heat and the wind, leaving at least seven other people dead in various parts of the province, the local government has said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The fires come as the other side of South Africa has been battered by multiple storms, bringing gale-force winds and flooding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Six firefighters have died battling a bushfire in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa and another two are in a critical condition, emergency services said Monday. Authorities said they suspect that Sunday\u2019s fire may have been started by poachers trying to trap animals to kill. Three firefighters died at the scene of the fire…<\/p>\n