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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.

Cape Town residents evacuated from fire-threatened homes now allowed to return The city centre remained cloaked in a blanket of smoke, as dozens of firefighters monitored flare ups near Philip Kgosana Drive, Deer Park Drive and at Devil’s Peak. This picture taken in Cape Town on 18 April 2021 shows a fire-fighting helicopter picking up water from a reservoir to help extinguish a forest fire burning out of control on the foothills of Table Mountain, above the University of Cape Town. Picture: Rodger Bosch...

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 ...

One person arrested in connection with Table Mountain fire As firefighters battled the fire break between Rhodes Memorial and the slopes above Vredehoek, they received several calls that people were making fires in the bush. 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 2 hours ago CAPE TOWN - A man is in custody on suspi...