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
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CAPE TOWN/JOHANNESBURG - Fire authorities and members of the University of Cape Town (UCT) executive will begin to assess the damage done to the nation s oldest university following a massive fire.
More evacuations ordered as Table Mountain fire rages on The flames have gutted several structures, including part of the Rhodes Memorial restaurant and a library at the University of Cape Town (UCT). 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: Rodger Bosch/AFP
CAPE TOWN - Four firefighters have been injured while battling a blaze on the slopes of Table Mountain.
The flames have gutted several structures, including part of the Rhodes Memorial restaurant and a library at the University of Cape Town (UCT).
âââ 12:40 Mon, 19 Apr 2021 UCT library PHOTO: Twitter/Jack Bauer
Four firefighters have been injured while battling a blaze on the slopes of Table Mountain.
The flames have gutted several structures, including part of the Rhodes Memorial restaurant and a library at the University of Cape Town (UCT).
More than 200 firefighters have been battling the inferno.
Fire and rescue services Jermaine Carelse: An additional member from the volunteer service was also injured and was taken to hospital, so we re currently standing at four firefighters - two from the city and two from the volunteer firefighting service.
It prompted a mass evacuation of the UCT campus.
Fire wreaks destruction on UCT
18 April 2021 6:05 PM
Reports say Fuller House - a student residence - is on fire - but all students were evacuated.
CAPE TOWN - At least two buildings are reported to be on fire at the University of Cape Town (UCT).
Reports said Fuller House - a student residence - is on fire - but all students were evacuated.
This comes after at least two floors at the Jagger Library were destroyed.
The library has been the home of many special collections and manuscripts.
#CapeTownFire Scenes at the University of Cape Town, following a that sparked at Rhodes Memorial Restaurant earlier today. LP
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