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Johannesburg-South African fire fighters may cross the border into Swaziland to help their counterparts battling a forest fire fuelled by strong winds,Working on Fire said on Friday.Co-ordinator Val Charlton said the South African fire fighters had been called to help fight a three-day forest fire that had gutted a plantation near Piggs Peak in the northwest part of Swaziland."Ground-based crews are on standby at Nelspruit,waiting authority from South African immigration officials to cross the border,"she said.South African fire fighters would use fixed wing aircraft and helicopters to help their counterparts in Swaziland,she said.The manager of Peak Timbers,Zama Kunene,said the fire started this week and had been fanned by high winds.Meanwhile,Working on Fire crews were fighting a fire near the central Drakensberg town of Winterton.Provincial co-ordinator Carol Hudson said the fire was threatening local settlements.Firefighters were using helicopters to put out the blaze, she said.
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