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Last modified on Sun 18 Apr 2021 20.59 EDT A wildfire raging on the slopes of Cape Town’s Table Mountain has spread to the University of Cape Town, burning the historic campus library and forcing the evacuation of 4,000 students. Orange flames lit up the windows of the library, which houses considerable archives and book collections while firefighters sprayed jets of water to douse the blaze. The reading room at the university’s historic Jagger library was “gutted” according to UCT Lib...

Significant archives may have been lost in Cape Town’s fire. Why they matter so much By The Conversation Share A wildfire on the slopes of Table Mountain has wreaked havoc at the University of Cape Town (UCT) campus. Among the sites of historical significance that have been damaged is the Jagger Library. The library houses rare and specialist collections, such as the important Why is the African Studies Book Collection so significant? When news broke that the Jagger Library was burning, s...

Descendant of Mostert’s Mill family devastated after blaze destroys landmark 19 April 2021 5:42 PM Share This: Andre Mostert (82) says he was christened at Mostert’s Mill where he would often visit his grandparents. The 82-year-old says his family is devastated by the news that the historic mill was gutted by the Table Mountain fires. He says he hopes that the mill will be able to rise from the ashes once again. It had recently been restored. Myself and my whole family are devastated....

International News Apr 19, 2021 JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A wildfire raging on the slopes of Cape Town’s Table Mountain spread to the University of Cape Town, burning the historic campus library and forcing the evacuation of students Sunday. Orange flames lit up the windows of the library that houses considerable archives and book collections while firefighters sprayed jets of water to douse the blaze. At least two floors of Jagger Library burned, according to local news reports. Other campus bui...

Documents and archival footage from across Africa feared lost in Cape fires 19 April 2021 - 12:45 By Bobby Jordan Inside the Jagger Library that was gutted at the University of Cape Town. The library contained a priceless African studies collection. Image: Anthony Molyneaux Archival specialists are on Monday expected to assess the damage to SA’s cultural heritage caused by the raging Table Mountain fire. It is unclear how many old books and documents were destroyed ...

© AP Photo/Jerome Delay Residential neighborhoods are lit by raging fires in Cape Town, South Africa, Monday, April 19, 2021. Firefighters in Cape Town finally brought a wildfire under control Monday after it swept across the slopes of the citys famed Table Mountain, burning the universitys historic library and forcing the evacuation of some neighborhoods. The smoldering fire is being watched for flareups amid high winds and hot, dry conditions. City authorities said the fire, which started e...

The wildfire was fanned by strong winds overnight and houses came under threat.

Residents evacuated as firefighters battle Table Mountain blaze AFP 4 hrs ago AFP © RODGER BOSCH Firefighting teams work to keep the blaze from crossing Philip Kgosana Drive, one of the main arterial roads into Cape Towns city centre A blaze advanced along South Africas iconic Table Mountain toward central Cape Town on Monday after ravaging university buildings, while firefighters battled strong winds in their efforts to control it and officials evacuated residential areas....

More evacuations ordered as Table Mountain fire rages on The flames have gutted several structures, including part of the Rhodes Memorial restaurant and a library at the University of Cape Town (UCT). Firefighters try, in vain, to extinguish a fire in the Jagger Library, at the University of Cape Town, after a forest fire came down the foothills of Table Mountain, setting university buildings alight in Cape ...

The University of Cape Town’s Jagger Library, which housed thousands of theses, artworks, and precious documents, has been gutted. (Photo: Ashraf Hendricks) On Sunday 18 April 2021, a massive fire made its way through the Rhodes Memorial, spreading down to the University of Cape Town.  One of the affected areas is the Reading Room of the UCT Libraries’s Jagger Library.  Below is the aftermath in pictures. The burning of the University of Cape Town’s J.W. Jagger Libra...