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A wildfire raging on the slopes of Cape Town’s Table Mountain spread to the University of Cape Town, burning the historic campus library and forcing the evacuation of students Sunday.
Orange flames lit up the windows of the library that houses considerable archives and book collections while firefighters sprayed jets of water to douse the blaze. At least two floors of Jagger Library burned, according to local news reports.
Other campus buildings also caught fire, and a historic windmill nearby burned.
Just off-campus on the slopes of Table Mountain, wind spread the flames across dry brush, and part of the Rhodes Memorial Restaurant caught fire, Cape Town media reported.
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Efforts are underway to extinguish a blaze at the Rhodes memorial in Cape Town.
A part of the Rhodes Memorial Restaurant on the slopes of Table Mountain has been destroyed by a fire that has continued to spread through the area.
City of Cape Town fire and rescue services spokesperson Jermaine Carelse said, “At about 08:45 am the City’s fire and rescue was alerted to a vegetation fire above Phillip Kgosana Drive. Fire crews were immediately dispatched to the scene, with the fire currently spreading from Rhodes Memorial towards the University of Cape Town. A section of the tea room at Rhodes Memorial has been destroyed, and people are urged not to enter the area.”
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A wildfire raging on the slopes of South Africa s Table Mountain spread to the University of Cape Town, burning the historic campus library and forcing the evacuation of students.
Your playlist will load after this ad The blaze has destroyed a café and hundreds of students at a nearby university has been evacuated. Source: Breakfast
Orange flames lit up the windows of the library that houses considerable archives and book collections while firefighters sprayed jets of water to douse the blaze.
Other campus buildings also caught fire, and a historic windmill nearby burned.
At least two floors of Jagger Library were burned, according to local news reports.
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