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WATCH: This is what it looks like inside UCT’s gutted Jagger Library By Phando Jikelo, Rudolf Nkgadima 2h ago Share Cape Town - Hundreds of years of history have gone up in smoke after an “out of control” fire destroyed the the Reading Room of the nearly 200-year-old Jagger Library at the University of Cape Town. The wildfire broke out early on Sunday morning at Rhodes Memorial and spread to UCT yesterday and then towards the Devils Peak Estate/Vredehoek area of the Cape Town C...

The Daily Vox in the early hours of Sunday morning has wreaked havoc on Cape Town, destroying historical buildings and forcing the University of Cape Town to suspend its academic programme for two days.  On Monday morning, the fire that has ravaged parts of Cape Town had spread to Devils Peak and the front face of Table Mountain, forcing a new round of evacuations of nearby suburbs. Although the damage caused by the fire is extensive, it has thankfully not caused any loss of life....

The evacuations started in the early hours of Monday and are expected to continue. Schools in the area are also being evacuated. Warm clothes, children and pets were bundled into cars as confused and scared Vredehoek residents gathered at the Derry Street Spar in the early hours of Monday. They were the first residents to be evacuated from Peppertree Road and surrounds, as firefighters tried to douse a runaway fire that started on Sunday morning. The fire has already destroyed the Rhodes Memori...

Strong wind hampers efforts to contain Cape Town fire, more evacuations underway 19 Apr 2021 A massive fire on Table Mountain that started near Rhodes Memorial on Sunday morning raged out of control and spread onto the UCT upper campus, destroying the Jagger library building. (David Harrison/M&G) Firefighters in Cape Town are still battling a raging wildfire on the slopes of Table Mountain as strong winds hinder efforts to contain the Rhodes Memorial Fire, which began on Sunday morning, 18 Apri...

The South African National Parks (SANParks) issued a statement on Monday, urging residents to steer clear of Table Mountain while the Cape Town fire rages. “Rangers had their hands full this morning at their entrances, stopping users from partaking in their usual day to day activities within the Table Mountain National Park (TMNP)”. SANParks statement Off-limit areas at Table Mountain national Park According to SANParks spokesperson Rey Thakhuli, TMNP personnel are hard at work trying to c...

Rhodes Memorial and the thatch-roofed Mostert Mill damaged Plume of smoke is obscuring visibility throughout the city centre CAPE TOWN: South African emergency workers have started evacuating three 17-story residential buildings overlooking Cape Town city like a wildfire fanned by strong winds continues to burn out of control along Table Mountain, city officials said on Monday (April 19). The fire started early Sunday morning on the slopes of Devils` Peak, another part of Cape Town`s mountainou...

A wildfire broke out early on Sunday morning spread and spread overnight towards the Devils Peak Estate/Vredehoek area of the Cape Town City Bowl. Some areas were evacuated in the early hours of the morning as a precautionary measure. Picture: Henk Kruger/African News Agency (ANA) 21 pictures of the havoc and devastation from the Cape Town fire Share Cape Town - Firefighters are hard at work battling the blaze that started in Rhodes Memorial on Sunday and spread to Vredehoek. The wildfire that...

South African students evacuate Cape Town University as fire damages buildings Issued on: 19/04/2021 - 03:11 Firefighters battle flames as the library at the University of Cape Town burns after a bushfire broke out on the slopes of Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa, April 18, 2021. © REUTERS/Mike Hutchings 2 min A wildfire on the slopes of South Africas Table Mountain forced University of Cape Town students to evacuate...

AfricaTable Mountain wildfire threatens University of Cape Town Reuters 1/3 Firefighters battle to contain a bushfire that broke out on the slopes of Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa, April 18, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings Read More A wildfire on the slopes of South Africas Table Mountain forced University of Cape Town students to evacuate on Sunday, as runaway flames set several campus buildings ablaze and firefighters used helicopters to water-bomb the area. One firefighter sustaine...

Bush fire at Table Mountain in South Africa threatens University of Cape Town The fire started early on Sunday near a memorial to politician Cecil Rhodes, located on Devil’s Peak, another part of Cape Town’s mountainous backdrop, before spreading up the slopes Heavy smoke could be seen for kilometres away, some roads were closed and fire alerts were sent to mountain hikers