Helicopters scooping water from the sea and dropping it over huge flames told the story as multiple fires continued to rage across Nelson Mandela Bay on Wednesday.
The Nelson Mandela Bay fire fighting team is focusing on Fairview, where a fire is fast approaching an electrical substation close to a residential area.
A number of homes were damaged and a swathe of bush was razed as a dozen fires flared in savagely hot and dry conditions across Nelson Mandela Bay on Tuesday.