A 33-year-old firefighter has died while fighting a blaze on Table Mountain on Sunday.
Messages of condolences have been pouring in for Candice Ashley Kruger.
She had been stationed at Roeland Street Fire Station and was part of Platoon 1 for the past nine years.
Kruger had collapsed on the lower slopes of Table Mountain on Sunday where she and her colleagues were fighting a fire.
She had received medical treatment, was rushed to hospital, but could not be resuscitated.
It is believed she suffered cardiac arrest, but the cause of death is not yet established.
Mayco Member JP Smith said the City of Cape Town’s Fire and Rescue Service is saddened by the passing of the firefighter.
“Kruger passed away in hospital yesterday after collapsing on the fire line on the lower slopes of Table Mountain. On behalf of the Fire and Rescue Service and the City of Cape Town, I extend my deepest condolences to Kruger’s family and friends. She was stationed at Roeland Street Fire Station and had completed nine years of service,” says Smith.
She is survived by her wife, Kelly Kruger.
“The City will assist the Kruger family with funeral arrangements and will also offer trauma counselling to her relatives and Platoon colleagues. The Fire and Rescue Service will also offer the family a full Brigade Funeral as Candice died while ser-
ving in the line of duty.”