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Leslie Ginn embraces her father outside what is left of her house in Stones Hill, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa, July 22, 2014. Lesley said “We are so lucky that we didn’t lose people. I have the most ultimate parents ever, our family is nothing if not bonded, excuse the pun: we share the bond on the house”. ©Jane Berg.
A burned tree stump above Hillsview Street in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa, August 16, 2014. Hillsview residents narrowly escaped the kind of damage caused at Stones hill but also had to fight the fire which came almost to their doorsteps. ©Jane Berg.
Green grass spouts from the ashen ground above Hillsview in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa, August 16, 2014. Leslie says, “there is always beauty in destruction, there is always hope, and I hold onto that for my sanity”. ©Jane Berg.
Leslie Ginn stands on a pile of rubble cleared from her house in Stones Hill, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa, August 31, 2014. Leslie built her house in 2004 from the ground up, she says that it’s ironic that she started with just furniture, “and everyone said, you can’t build a house around your furniture” said Leslie, and now she only has the structure, and no furniture. ©Jane Berg
Assistant Director of the Makana Fire Department William J. Welkom stands outside the department in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa, August 19, 2014. Welkom said that the fire department did its utmost to protect the houses in Stones Hill. ©Jane Berg.
A vehicle at the fire department in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa, September 03, 2014. According to Welkom he has received the sufficient funds from Makana to attain the adequate equipment for the department, and that 90 per cent of his vehicles are new. ©Jane Berg.
William Welkom makes a call on the radio transmitter which is used to communicate with the departments in other municipalities, in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa, August 19, 2014. During the fire he called in assistance from Ndlambe and Port Alfred, he says this proves that he used all possible resources at his disposal to extinguish the fire. ©Jane Berg.
Leslie Ginn holds a melted piece of glass at her home in Stones Hill, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa, August 31, 2014. Leslie is collecting pieces like this from the wreckage and plans to use them in an exhibition to raise funds for burn victims. The exhibition called “Burning Issue” is planned for the 17th of January 2015 to mark the six month anniversary of the fire. ©Jane Berg.
William Welkom points to a picture of himself as a young fire fighter in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa, August 19, 2014. Welkom has been at the department for over twenty years and in that time he says he has almost never dealt with a fire as severe as this one. “That fire I think I will remember forever” said Welkom. ©Jane Berg.
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