25 Jan 2020

Fire on the slopes of Table Mountain contained

A fire which broke out on the slopes of Table Mountain in Cape Town was contained by firefighters by Saturday afternoon.

City of Cape Town fire and rescue services spokesperson Jermaine Carelse told News24 that the fire had started around 13:00 and that 50 firefighters, excluding Table Mountain National Parks staff, were deployed to get the blaze under control.

Choppers were also sent to water bomb the area, but have since been withdrawn.

By 17:00 on Saturday, the fire had been contained, Carelse confirmed.

#capetown #fire #tablemountain #onfire the table mountain on fire once more.... pic.twitter.com/1kitIF889f
— Cristina karrer (@karrer_cristina) January 25, 2020

According to Philip Prins - Fire Manager @TableMountainNP "All aerial resources returned to base. The perimeter has been contained with crews continuing with mopping up operations of area which is still very hot due to burning stacks and logs."@NCCWildfires @vwsfires @wo_fire pic.twitter.com/qi2VfhuOvT
— SANParks TMNP (@TableMountainNP) January 25, 2020

First Table Mountain fire for this year! ?? #firefighters #tablemountain pic.twitter.com/y2Q5EgDmjW
— tanith maxwell (@tanithmaxwell) January 25, 2020

- Compiled by Alex Mitchley

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