Table Mountain Fire (2021) (Q106543515)

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  • English Wikipedia categories: 2020s in Cape Town, 2021 fires in Africa, 2021 in South Africa, 2021 meteorology, 2021 wildfires, April 2021 events in South Africa, Fires in Cape Town, Table Mountain, University of Cape Town, Western Cape, Wildfires in South Africa
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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The 2021 Table Mountain fire (also known as the Rhodes Memorial fire or Cape Town fire) is a major fire that started on 18 April 2021 in and around Table Mountain National Park and the neighbourhoods of Newlands, 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), where the Special Collections library was gutted; and Mostert's Mill, a historic windmill that burned down. In addition, five firefighters were hospitalised.

Summary from Français / French Wikipedia (frwiki)

L'incendie de la montagne de la Table est un incendie majeur qui a frappé Le Cap, en Afrique du Sud, le . Il a commencé sur les pentes de la montagne de la Table et a détruit partiellement ou totalement la bibliothèque Jagger, le moulin de Mostert et le restaurant du Rhodes Memorial,.

Summary from Deutsch / German Wikipedia (dewiki)

Eine sich flächenhaft ausbreitende Brandkatastrophe am Tafelberg in Kapstadt, Südafrika, begann am 18. April 2021 im Bereich des Tafelberg-Nationalparks und seines bebauten Umfelds. Von den Ereignissen in Mitleidenschaft gezogene Stadtteile sind Mowbray, Newlands, Rondebosch und Rosebank. Die Bewohner von Newlands waren besonders stark betroffen und etwa 4000 Studenten der Universität Kapstadt (UCT) mussten evakuiert werden.

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