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eventREF E-0093610Revised

18 September 2004

A runaway veld fire destroys more than 90 Nissan cars and a bird sanctuary in Rosslyn, Pretoria

Updated
30 Sep 2019
A runaway veld fire destroys more than 90 Nissan cars and a bird sanctuary in Rosslyn, Pretoria

How we know this

  1. 01News 24 Runaway fire destroys 90 cars (9 September 2004) [online] Available at: www.news24.com [Accessed on 10 September 2012]
  2. 02Suzuki Nissan disaster averted by quick response [online] Available at: https://www.suzukiauto.co.za [Accessed on 10 September 2012]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

Cite this entry

South African History Online. (2012, September 12). A runaway veld fire destroys more than 90 Nissan cars and a bird sanctuary in Rosslyn, Pretoria. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093610

South African History Online (2012) 'A runaway veld fire destroys more than 90 Nissan cars and a bird sanctuary in Rosslyn, Pretoria', South African History Online, 12 September. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093610 (Accessed: 25 October 2026).

South African History Online, A runaway veld fire destroys more than 90 Nissan cars and a bird sanctuary in Rosslyn, Pretoria [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093610, (accessed 25 October 2026).

"A runaway veld fire destroys more than 90 Nissan cars and a bird sanctuary in Rosslyn, Pretoria." South African History Online, 12 Sept. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093610. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

South African History Online. "A runaway veld fire destroys more than 90 Nissan cars and a bird sanctuary in Rosslyn, Pretoria." South African History Online. September 12, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093610.

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