Table Mountain fire: Cable cars evacuated, Black Hawk and …
Jan 27, 2024 · A large firefighting contingent has been deployed to fight a fire on Table Mountain while people are evacuated from cable cars.
400 rescued after fire breaks out at Table Mountain cableway
Oct 25, 2024 · Around 400 people were safely rescued after a fire broke out at the Table Mountain lower cableway station on Tafelberg Road, Cape Town, on Thursday afternoon.
Table Mountain fire: Historic buildings destroyed in Cape Town - BBC
Apr 18, 2021 · A wildfire on the slopes of South Africa's Table Mountain has spread to the nearby University of Cape Town campus, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of students, officials say.
Prince William walks nature trails near South Africa's Table Mountain ...
Nov 5, 2024 · CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Prince William went on an early-morning nature walk near South Africa’s Table Mountain on Tuesday to promote the work of conservation rangers in a unique urban national park. The Prince of Wales and heir to the British throne met with some of the rangers who guard the Table Mountain National Park, an 85-square-mile (220-square kilometer) area that overlooks ...
Wildfire tears down South Africa's iconic Table Mountain ... - CBS News
Apr 20, 2021 · Cape Town, South Africa — Fire crews worked for a third day to extinguish a wildfire on the slopes of Cape Town's Table Mountain on Tuesday as the city came to terms with the damage caused by...
Table Mountain: ‘Out of control’ fire breaks out in Cape Town …
Apr 18, 2021 · An “out of control” fire is burning in Cape Town’s Table Mountain National Park, damaging buildings and prompting the evacuation of hikers from the city’s most famous landmark, South ...
South Africa: Fire breaks out on Table Mountain - Sky News
Jan 28, 2024 · Smoke rose into the sky above Cape Town on Saturday after a fire broke out on Table Mountain. Why you can trust Sky News. According to locals and a park ranger, the blaze started after a vehicle caught fire on the mountain.
Emergency response at Table Mountain cableway as fire breaks
Oct 24, 2024 · Earlier today the lower cableway station in Tafelberg Road was evacuated due to a fire. According to the City’s Fire and Rescue Services a bank of lithium batteries was burning, filling the immediate vicinity with thick smoke.
Cape Town fire: Residents evacuated on city's outskirts - BBC
South African emergency workers have evacuated three 17-storey residential buildings overlooking Cape Town as a huge fire burns along Table Mountain. The blaze spread quickly after...
Fire breaks out on slopes of Table Mountain - SABC News
Dec 10, 2023 · A vegetation fire has broken out on the slopes of Table Mountain. Cape Town fire spokesperson Jermaine Carelse says they have dispatched 12 firefighting vehicles and over 40 firefighters to the scene.