As wind subsides, firefighters hope to bring Table Mountain fire under control

As wind subsides, firefighters hope to bring Table Mountain fire under control
Table Mountain National Parks' fire manager, Philip Prins, said that they were hoping for better weather conditions to make firefighting efforts easier.
Firefighting 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
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CAPE TOWN - The wind has subsided in Cape Town, bringing much-needed respite for exhausted firefighters who've been struggling since Sunday to bring a raging fire on Table Mountain's slopes under control.
The blaze started on Sunday. As it spread rapidly, thousands of people had to flee their homes. The inferno gutted several buildings at the University of Cape Town (UCT), as well as a government minister's Newland's home.

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