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A mountain of water bottles and energy drinks could be seen upon entering the facility, with scores of volunteers packing medical supplies, energy boosters, food and other essentials.
As wind subsides, firefighters hope to bring Table Mountain fire under control Table Mountain National Parks' fire manager, Philip Prins, said that they were hoping for better weather conditions to make firefighting efforts easier. Firefighting teams dampen smouldering vegetation, finally getting a fierce forest fire under control on the foothills of Table Mountain in Cape Town on 19 April 2021. Picture: Rodger Bosch/AFP one hour ago CAPE TOWN - The wind has subsided in Cape Town, bringing much-needed res...
Cape Town resident describes catching Table Mountain arson suspect in the act A Devil's Peak resident has described how he helped catch a man he saw starting fires on the mountain on Sunday evening. Firefighters leave an area where the flames become too aggressive, as a forest fire burns out of control on the foothills of Table Mountain, above the University of Cape Town, in Cape Town, on 18 April 2021. Picture: Rodger Bosch/AFP 3 hours ago CAPE TOWN - A Devil's Peak resident has described how he helped ca...
Several of the institution's buildings were damaged in a mountain fire.
UCT management, fire authorities to assess damage caused by fire The blaze started as a small fire on the slopes of the mountain above Philip Kgosana Drive on Sunday but blazing heat and gusting winds soon fanned it out of control and by the afternoon, several buildings on and around the campus were on fire. Firefighters put out a fire at a building on UCT's upper campus on 18 April 2021. Picture: @CityofCT/Twitter 4 hours ago CAPE TOWN/JOHANNESBURG - Fire authorities and members of the University of Cape ...