on its Twitter account that “all UCT students have been evacuated from campus by emergency services support staff. We have taken them to pre-determined locations. We will continue to work with & support Sanparks & the City of Cape Town to extinguish this fire. Please stay safe first & foremost.”
14:30pm: The M3 inbound between Rhodes Drive and Union Avenue as well as access roads from Woolsack Drive and Princess Anne Avenue have been closed, according to a15:20pm: The Western Cape noted in a statement this afternoon that “the situation is currently serious with the wildfire spreading towards sections of the University of Cape Town upper campus.
authorities on the ground would inform all members of the public immediately should the situation get more serious.on its Twitter account that “the Rhodes Memorial Restaurant has unfortunately burnt down. The fire has also spread to the veld above the University of Cape Town .”Provincial emergency number: 112