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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...

Table Mountain fire has been contained - officials More than 150 firefighters, more volunteers and over 30 firefighting appliances remain on the ground to monitor flare ups. Fire-fighting 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 CAPE TOWN/JOHANNESBURG - Despite windy conditions, the Table Mountain fire has been contained. More than 150 firefighters, more volunteers an...