JOHANNESBURG - The devastating wildfires in Los Angeles have claimed at least 10 lives.
A 180,000 people have been forced to evacuate and damages now exceed 50 billion dollars.
Can this American tragedy serve as a wake-up call for South Africa?
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Cape Town in particular, suffers from widlfires almost every year and this is a warning we cannot afford to ignore.
So, what lessons can we take from this?
Trevor Abrahams, Managing Director at Working On Fire, spoke to eNCA.