CAPE TOWN - A wildfire on the slopes of South Africa's Table Mountain forced University of Cape Town students to evacuate on Sunday, as runaway flames set several campus buildings ablaze and firefighters used helicopters to water-bomb the area.Firefighters work to extinguish a fire in the University of Cape Town's library after a forest fire came down the foothills of Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa, on April 18, 2021.
"All UCT students have been evacuated from campus by emergency services support staff," the university said in a statement. Social media footage showed students milling around on the main road, amid billowing smoke fanned by strong winds. Another video, tweeted by the local government, showed flames raging inside an old building lined with columns as smoke plumes rose from its roof.
Defiantly not arson
2021's had a rough time getting up on its feet.
use the chemical bombs that grow to the flame its a foam bomb man they work for real
Egads. Hope everyone stays safe and get the fire out asap.
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