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Residents living in the Cape Town city bowl and surrounding areas have been evacuated as a mountain fire rages. Cape Town mayoral committee member for safety and security Alderman JP Smith says precautionary evacuations have been carried out in areas such as Vredehoek. With heavy smoke bellowing and soot filling the air, Walmer Estate residents have voluntarily evacuated their homes seeking safety. The City’s Air Quality Monitoring Unit has recorded very high levels of Particulate Matter (PM10 and PM 2.5) at the Foreshore Monitoring Station. Asthmatics and other sensitive receptors with respiratory conditions are urged to stay indoors and keep windows and doors closed. ....
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 development planning, said at 8am. A flare up right behind the Disa Park Towers, fueled by super strong winds as dawn broke. Photo: Nicky Newman ....
Gallo Images/Brenton Geach Mayor Dan Plato, University of Cape Town (UCT) Vice-Chancellor Mamokgethi Phakeng, and Local Government and Environmental Affairs MEC Anton Bredell conducted a site visit at UCT to assess the damage caused by a runaway mountain fire. Table Mountain National Park says it hopes to extinguish the fire by the end of the week The City’s Air Quality Monitoring Unit said it has recorded very high levels of particulate at the Foreshore Monitoring Station. Fire Fighters in Cape Town remain on high alert on Monday evening as fears of possible flare-ups of the devastating wildfire grow. ....
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 broke out early on Sunday morning 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. ....