A full evacuation order was given shortly after 13:00 today for all residents of Pringle Bay to leave their homes as raging flames, fanned on by strong gusts of wind, swept down the mountain and encroached the residential area.
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With memories of the sweeping fires that hit Betty’s Bay in January 2019 still vivid, residents’ shackles still tend to go up whenever they see or even smell smoke.