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Gerald Imray A fire rages on the slopes of Table Mountain, in Cape Town South Africa, Monday, April 19, 2021. Residents were evacuated from Cape Town neighborhoods Monday as a huge fire spreading on the slopes of the citys famed Table Mountain was fanned by strong winds overnight and houses came under threat. (AP Photo) April 19, 2021 - 3:34 AM CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Residents are being evacuated from Cape Town neighbourhoods Monday as a wildfire spreading on the ...

Within 24 hours, the fire that started around Rhodes Memorial spread to UCT’s upper campus and moved to Vredehoek, said JP Smith, mayoral committee member for safety and security in a statement.  According to another City of Cape Town statement, at about 2am the wind speed increased, pushing the fire in that direction. Conditions deteriorated overnight, with the wind picking up and fanning the flames, Anton Bredell, the provincial minister of local government, environmental affairs and devel...

Corbin August Buildings on the Rhodes Estate and UCT campus were damaged in the fire on Sunday. Some of the buildings can be repaired, but will likely be very expensive to restore. The damage to historical buildings in a Cape Town fire is "devastating", according to the Cape Town Heritage Trust. The fire, which swept down the mountain from Rhodes Memorial on Sunday morning, saw historical buildings on and around the UCT campus severely damaged. Strong winds had since pushed the fire around Dev...

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...

WATCH | Hiker manages to ‘outrun’ raging Cape Town fires Lisette Lombard shared a video on Twitter after she was caught up in the fire raging through Cape Town. Image: John Wilson/ twitter A hiker in Cape Town managed to “outrun” the Table Mountain fires on Sunday. Lisette Lombard shared a video of herself on Twitter after she found herself caught up in the fire raging through the city. Lombard said she was trail running on the mountain when she noticed the fire...

Man detained as ‘out of control’ Cape Town fires continue to rage A man has been detained in relation to the “out of control” fires in Cape Town, which began on Sunday morning and continues to blaze 24 hours later. “One suspect in his thirties was taken into custody last night in the vicinity of Devil’s Peak,” the City of Cape Town said in a statement. Authorities will investigate speculation that additional fires were started and whether the original fire was an act of arson, the...

Cape Town, South Africa: As Table Mountain fires continue to rage one man is detained CNN 3 hrs ago By Sarah Dean, CNN © Mike Hutchings/Reuters 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 A man has been detained in relation to the "out of control" fires in Cape Town, which began on Sunday morning and continues to blaze 24 hours later. "One suspect in his thirties ...

People have been evacuated from Cape Town neighbourhoods as a huge wildfire sweeping across the slopes of the city’s famed Table Mountain was fanned by high winds and threatened homes. City authorities said the fire, which started early on Sunday, was still not under control and residents of suburbs on the mountain slopes were now being evacuated as a “precautionary” measure. The blaze had already damaged the library and other buildings on the campus of the University of Cape Town and oth...

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...

A runaway veld fire in Cape Town has left devastating destruction in its wake, including the obliteration of intellectual property containing records of African Studies that “can never be replaced”. The University of Cape Town (UCT) African Studies Library and several other buildings were destroyed in Cape Town on Sunday. Thousands of students have since been evacuated from the UCT campus as firefighters continue to battle the blaze. “The African Studies section of UCT’s Main Library is...