Image: @blueprints and bloodlinesSource: FacebookAn American living in South Africa posted a video on 27 July 2026 that got South Africans talking. They also pointed to the roadside grass fires they had spotted since arriving, wondering why those seemed to be everywhere while the trucks to fight them were nowhere in sight. But since moving to South Africa, we've realized something...We can barely remember seeing one." Innantia Happy Magcanya shared:"We have fire stations all over South Africa. A woman's newly hung curtains caught fire after a neighbour's smoking habit sparked the blaze, leaving South Africans divided over who should take responsibility.