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Residents evacuated as mountain fire spreads in Cape Town Gerald Imray Tags:  Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. A building burns on the campus of the University of Cape, South Africa, Sunday, April 18, 2021. A wildfire raging on the slopes of the mountain forced the evacuation of students from the University. (AP Photo) CAPE TOWN – Residents are being evacuated from Cape Town neighborhoods Monday as a wildfire spreading on the slopes of the city's famed Table Mountain was fanned by strong winds overnight and houses came under threat. City authorities said residents ...

UCT management, students and staff left reeling in wake of fire Several buildings including the Pearson, Smuts and Fuller halls, as well as the Jagger Library, were affected by the blaze. By far the biggest loss is the library, which housed invaluable collections. Firefighters try, in vain, to extinguish a fire in the Jagger Library, at the University of Cape Town, after a forest fire came down the foothills of Table Mountain, setting university buildings alight in Cape Town, on 18 April 2021. Picture: Rod...

Residents evacuated as mountain fire spreads in Cape Town Poll Would you support the Conservative Party of Canada’s carbon tax plan of consumer pricing with ‘green’ savings account? Yes 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 under threat. City authorities said residents of parts of the Vredehoek suburb were being evacuated as a “precautionary” measure after the blaze spread toward the area. Devil�...

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 under threat.

She added that food and emergency accommodation had been arranged for the students evacuated on Sunday. Many students recalled Sunday's ordeal as a day of panic and confusion. They were told to pack their essentials and were then transported from the campus in a haze of smoke. READ | Economics student Mathew Field said the day was "apocalyptic, like a scene from a movie". "Students were on campus studying for tests, while others were sleeping at [the residences] when suddenly the sky turned grey and red," he said. A University of Cape Town library burns after a wildfire spread from the slop...