University Of Cape Town Currently On Fire (Photos)

 

The University of Cape Town (UCT) says all students on its main campus were being evacuated by emergency services support staff on Sunday as a runaway wildfire spread onto the campus grounds. In a statement, after the outbreak of a fire which gutted a section of the Rhodes Memorial restaurant, UCT said students were taken to predetermined locations.

UCT spokesperson Elijah Moholola said reports that the university was evacuating hydrogen tanks from its science labs could not be confirmed.

“We don’t have any info at this factor and may not be getting it any moment soon as groups are operating at various components of containing the fireplace. As quickly as we are able to share in addition data, we will do so and reply to particular questions,” he stated.

Visuals of UCT college students leaving their residences flooded social media with many Cape Town residents presenting affected college students delivery, meals and help.

The flowers hearth started simply above Philip Kgosana Drive on Table Mountain and changed into soon being fought via three helicopters water-bombing from the air in resource of firefighting crews on the ground from the City of Cape Town, Working on Fire, and Table Mountain National Park.

Several people taking videos of the fireplace even as hiking on the mountain slopes at the back of Table Mountain defined the rate at which the fireplace changed into shifting.

Videos appeared to show the fireplace already having reached the University of Cape Town grounds with the aid of midday as college students evacuated throughout sports activities fields underneath a blanket of thick smoke.