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Insurers bracing for claims due to Table Mountain fires By Edward West Share CAPE TOWN - THERE is no tally yet of the numerous insurance claims likely to arise from the devastating fires that raged on Table Mountain yesterday and burnt down several UCT buildings and other structures. City of Cape Town spokesperson Luthando Tyhalibongo said yesterday morning that several buildings at UCT, including the library and student accommodation buildings, the Rhodes Memorial and its restaurant, the Moste...

Cape Town fire danger ’not entirely over just yet Share Cape Town - Despite the wildfire that broke out on the slopes of Table Mountain on Sunday morning having been largely contained, the danger has not entirely passed. Anton Bredell, the local government MEC for Environmental Affairs and Development Planning in the Western Cape, warned that the danger was not entirely over just yet. He said that overnight the wind dropped significantly, allowing helicopters to water-bomb the fire lines f...

Contributor Tuesday, 20 April 2021, 08:47 Firefighters at UCT preventing a runaway fire from spreading. Photo: Facebook/Friends of Rhodes Memorial (The Citizen) NATIONAL NEWS - It is not yet clear how much history South Africa lost in a series of runaway fires on Cape Town’s Table Mountain National Park at the weekend.  These buildings were of provincial and national importance and housed countless untold stories, educational material, ar...

Reuters/Mike Hutchings A helicopter drops water as the library at the University of Cape Town burns after a bushfire broke out on the slopes of Table Mountain in Cape Town on April 18. April 20, 2021 A wildfire on the slopes of South Africa’s 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 African Studi...

A building burns on the campus of the University of Cape.(AP) The fire 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. Fuelled by the high winds, it spread through the wild bush on the mountain slopes towards the citys centre and the surrounding residential areas. Devils Peak, one of the iconic points of the mountain which overlooks downtown Cape Town, was lit up by flames as the fire r...

[PM UPDATE] Cape Town fire still contained – with a few flareups 20 April 2021 12:28 PM #CapeTownFires Share This: "There are 160 firefighters on the ground," says Lizell Persens. "It’s nice to see choppers in the air. The wind has subsided." The wind has died down in Cape Town, bringing relief to fatigued firefighters who have been battling since Sunday to bring a rampant fire on Table Mountain under control. The blaze has gutted several historic buildings in ...

Cape Town fire largely contained Wind drops, giving firefighting crews a better chance of dousing the blaze 20 April 2021 - 08:20 Firefighters have been working since Sunday morning to extinguish the runaway fire that engulfed Rhodes Memorial and UCTs library, and by Tuesday morning it was "largely contained" Image: Ruvan Boshoff Early Tuesday morning the blaring of fire engine sirens and sound of choppers in the sky were heard in Cape Town, as fresh crews were depl...

Two homes among 11 structures damaged in Cape Town fires 20 April 2021 - 13:22 By TimesLIVE Eleven structures were damaged or destroyed during the wildfire that broke out on the slopes of Table Mountain on Sunday, says the Western Cape government. These include two houses in the Rosebank area, six education buildings on the University of Cape Town campus, heritage buildings including the Mostert’s Mill and UCTs Jagger Library, and the restaurant at Rhodes Memorial. Six firefighters su...

He said thousands of students have been without a change of clothing or basic toiletries since Sunday. Students evacuate from their residences of the University of Cape Town as a forest fire burns out of control on the foothills of Table Mountain. AFP RODGER BOSCH / AFP Firefighters trying to extinguish a fire in the Jagger Reading Room at the University of Cape Town. (Rodger Bosch/AFP via Getty Images) "Many have barely received enough food. There are various ways the public can support it. T...

AfricaS.Africa’s UCT campus salvaging books from burned library Wendell Roelf 1/4 A firemen walks through the burnt out remains of Jagger Library at the University of Cape Town in Cape Town, South Africa, April 20, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings Read More Staring helplessly as flames from a weekend wildfire on the slopes of Table Mountain spread and razed the University of Cape Town’s library, chief librarian Ujala Satgoor was back amid the smouldering ruins on Tuesday to try and salvag...