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The smouldering fire is being watched for flare-ups amid high winds and hot, dry conditions. City authorities said the fire, which started early on Sunday, was “largely contained” more than 24 hours later. The blaze had already badly damaged the library and other buildings on the campus of the University of Cape Town on Sunday, as well as other historic buildings nearby. The remains of the library at the University of Cape Town (AP) Fuelled by the high winds, it spread through the wild bush...

The Globe and Mail Gerald Imray Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer RODGER BOSCH/AFP/Getty Images Residents are being evacuated from Cape Town neighbourhoods Monday as a wildfire spreading on the slopes of the city’s famed Table Mountain was fanned by strong winds overnight and hou...

Priceless collections lost as fire destroys UCT Library and the only working windmill in the country Share Cape Town - The Cape Town Heritage Trust said it was devastated when it got word of the fire that has engulfed Table Mountain since Sunday morning. In a statement released on Monday, the Trust said it learnt that the fire had destroyed a large part of the cultural landscape of the Rhodes Estate, the historic Tea Room next to the Rhodes Memorial, several buildings on the main campus at the ...

Published Monday, April 19, 2021 7:01AM EDT Last Updated Monday, April 19, 2021 6:46PM EDT CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Firefighters in Cape Town finally brought a wildfire under control Monday after it swept across the slopes of the citys famed Table The smouldering fire is being watched for flareups amid high winds and hot, dry conditions. City authorities said the fire, which started early Sunday, was “largely contained” more than 24 hours later. The fir...

WATCH | Firefighters attempt to save UCT library 19 April 2021 - 07:00 Firefighters battled into the night to try salvage the University of Cape Towns Jagger Library after a runaway fire quickly spread to the campus on the slopes of Devils Peak on Sunday. According to the UCT website, the Special Collections library consists of printed and audiovisual materials on African studies and a wide array of other specialised subjects, as well as more than 1,300 sub-collections of unique manuscri...

Fire on Cape Towns Table Mountain under control, smoldering Durango, Colorado Tue 67% chance of precipitation 14% chance of precipitation 1% chance of precipitation 0% chance of precipitation By Gerald Imray Associated Press Monday, April 19, 2021 2:05 PM Residential neighborhoods are lit by raging fires in Cape Town, South Africa, Monday, April 19, 2021. Residents are being evacuated from Cape Town neighborhoods after a huge fire spreading on the slopes of ...

Cape Town fires: Areas evacuated Monday The wildfire, which broke out on Sunday morning, swept across Table Mountain, claiming the Rhodes Memorial Restaurant and a number of buildings on the University of Cape Town campus, including the Jagger Library and historic Mostert’s Mill. UCT students were evacuated on Sunday afternoon, with further evacuations in surrounding areas taking place on Monday morning. Gemma Blommaert, Head of Global Forex at Sable International, explains: “Our forex tea...

  Many of the most precious records housed at the building may have been protected at lower levels by the library’s fire doors, but huge collections of literature and records may have been destroyed. Named for the bequest of John William Jagger, an England-born tycoon and politician, who once served as Minister of Railways and Harbour in the cabinet of Prime Minister Jan Smuts, the Jagger library and reading room is home to a number of prominent archival collections. This includes parts of t...

University of Cape Town Student Describes Fire as Apocalyptic, Like a Scene From a Movie On 4/19/21 at 12:15 PM EDT A student at the University of Cape Town (UCT) recently called the fires that have ravaged the city "apocalyptic" and compared them to a scene from a movie. While speaking with News 24 in South Africa, Mathew Field, an economics student at the University of Cape Town said the fires were "apocalyptic, like a scene from a movie." "Students were on campus studying for tests, while ot...

UCT students could return to res - except Smuts and Fuller - within 72 hours 19 April 2021 7:04 PM Share This: UCT vice-chancellor Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng says some students could be back in their residences in the next 72 hours. Mop-up operations are underway at UCT after a wildfire destroyed several buildings on the universitys upper campus on Sunday. The fire, which is believed to have started on the slopes of Devils Peak, quickly spread to Rhodes Memorial before rapidly reaching UCT’s...