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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 city's 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 slopes of the city's famed Table Mountain was fanned by strong winds overnight and houses came unde...

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 w...

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 Devil's Peak to Vredehoek. ROLLING COVERAGE | The fire gutted the Jagger Library on Sunday afternoon, ...

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 City Bowl overnight. Firefighters are still battling the blaze. Parts of UCT’s library, residenc...

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 was spreading fast and heading her way. She said her car was destroyed by the fire but she was than...