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Fire on Cape Town's Table Mountain under control, smoldering Durango, Colorado Tue 67% chance of precipitation 14% chance of precipitation 1% chance of precipitation 0% chance of precipitation By Gerald Imray Associated Press Monday, April 19, 2021 2:05 PM Residential neighborhoods are lit by raging fires in Cape Town, South Africa, Monday, April 19, 2021. Residents are being evacuated from Cape Town neighborhoods after a huge fire spreading on the slopes of the city's famed Table Mountain was fanned by strong winds overnight and threatened houses.(AP Phot...

Cape Town fires: Areas evacuated Monday The wildfire, which broke out on Sunday morning, swept across Table Mountain, claiming the Rhodes Memorial Restaurant and a number of buildings on the University of Cape Town campus, including the Jagger Library and historic Mostert’s Mill. UCT students were evacuated on Sunday afternoon, with further evacuations in surrounding areas taking place on Monday morning. Gemma Blommaert, Head of Global Forex at Sable International, explains: “Our forex team is predominantly South African and as a result, we’ve been following the news closely. We wanted...

  Many of the most precious records housed at the building may have been protected at lower levels by the library’s fire doors, but huge collections of literature and records may have been destroyed. Named for the bequest of John William Jagger, an England-born tycoon and politician, who once served as Minister of Railways and Harbour in the cabinet of Prime Minister Jan Smuts, the Jagger library and reading room is home to a number of prominent archival collections. This includes parts of the 65 000-volume-strong African Studies collection and the African Film collection. The library may ...

University of Cape Town Student Describes Fire as 'Apocalyptic, Like a Scene From a Movie' On 4/19/21 at 12:15 PM EDT A student at the University of Cape Town (UCT) recently called the fires that have ravaged the city "apocalyptic" and compared them to a scene from a movie. While speaking with News 24 in South Africa, Mathew Field, an economics student at the University of Cape Town said the fires were "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 gray and red," Field told News...

'UCT students could return to res - except Smuts and Fuller - within 72 hours' 19 April 2021 7:04 PM Share This: UCT vice-chancellor Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng says some students could be back in their residences in the next 72 hours. Mop-up operations are underway at UCT after a wildfire destroyed several buildings on the university's upper campus on Sunday. The fire, which is believed to have started on the slopes of Devil's Peak, quickly spread to Rhodes Memorial before rapidly reaching UCT’s upper campus in Rondebosch. The UCT VC explains that officials will have to assess the extent o...