South Africa's Table Mountain on fire, 250 firefighters struggle to scale down blaze
Rhodes Memorial and the thatch-roofed Mostert Mill damaged Plume of smoke is obscuring visibility throughout the city centre CAPE TOWN: South African emergency workers have started evacuating three 17-story residential buildings overlooking Cape Town city like a wildfire fanned by strong winds continues to burn out of control along Table Mountain, city officials said on Monday (April 19). The fire started early Sunday morning on the slopes of Devils` Peak, another part of Cape Town`s mountainous backdrop, forcing University of Cape Town students to evacuate residences as runaway flames set se...
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