2021 Table Mountain fire

2021 Cape Town fire
Fire trucks on the Hospital Bend interchange going into the City Bowl on 19 April
Date(s)18 April 2021; 3 years ago (2021-04-18)
08:45 SAST (06:45 UTC)
LocationTable Mountain National Park and Southern Suburbs, Cape Town, South Africa
Statistics
Burned areaat least 400 hectares[1]
Land useNational park, university, suburban area
Impacts
Non-fatal injuries5[1]
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The 2021 Table Mountain fire (also known as the Rhodes Memorial fire[2] or Cape Town fire[3][4]) is a major fire that started on 18 April 2021[5] in and around Table Mountain National Park and the neighbourhoods of Newlands,[2] Rosebank, Mowbray and Rondebosch in Cape Town, South Africa. The damage to sites in the Table Mountain area included the Rhodes Memorial, where a restaurant burned down; the upper campus of the University of Cape Town (UCT),[6] where the Special Collections library was gutted; and Mostert's Mill, a historic windmill that burned down.[7] In addition, five firefighters were hospitalised.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Walters, Tiara (19 April 2021). "PYROCENE CAPE: Our Burning Mountain: Blaze lays siege to Cape Town for third consecutive day". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
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  4. ^ "DEVELOPING | Cape Town fire 'not out of the woods yet', UCT suspends classes until 23 April". News24. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
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