Emergency response at Table Mountain cableway as fire breaks
Oct 24, 2024 · Earlier today the lower cableway station in Tafelberg Road was evacuated due to a fire. According to the City’s Fire and Rescue Services a bank of lithium batteries was burning, filling the immediate vicinity with thick smoke.
Approximately 400 stuck on Table Mountain as fire breaks out
Oct 24, 2024 · About 400 people are currently stuck on top of Table Mountain due to a fire that broke out at the base station of the cable cart. Rescue efforts are underway to get them down. Table Mountain fire.
Biggest rescue on Table Mountain in 64 years after lithium
Oct 25, 2024 · A total of 75 people, including injured and exhausted tourists, were helped down a steep hiking trail on Thursday in what volunteers and professionals described as the biggest Table Mountain...
400 evacuated as fire breaks out at Table Mountain cable
Oct 24, 2024 · A fire that broke out at the Table Mountain National Park cableway lower cable station on Thursday afternoon has been contained and guests and staff safely evacuated.
400 rescued after fire breaks out at Table Mountain cableway
Oct 25, 2024 · Around 400 people were safely rescued after a fire broke out at the Table Mountain lower cableway station on Tafelberg Road, Cape Town, on Thursday afternoon.
South Africa: Fire breaks out on Table Mountain - Sky News
Jan 28, 2024 · Smoke rose into the sky above Cape Town on Saturday after a fire broke out on Table Mountain. Why you can trust Sky News. According to locals and a park ranger, the blaze started after a vehicle caught fire on the mountain.
Table Mountain fire: Cable cars evacuated, Black Hawk and …
Jan 27, 2024 · A large firefighting contingent has been deployed to fight a fire on Table Mountain while people are evacuated from cable cars.
‘Table Mountain fire contained’ - SABC News
Jan 27, 2024 · The City of Cape Town fire and rescue services say the fire on Table Mountain has been contained. Aerial resources were used to water bomb the area. Fire and rescue spokesperson Jermaine Carelse says reports indicate that a vehicle caught alight and ignited vegetation near the Table Mountain Aerial Cableway. “The swift action of not only city ...
Table Mountain Cableway to remain closed this weekend after fire
Oct 26, 2024 · Operations at Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company will remain closed for the weekend, following a fire in the parking garage at the lower cable station on Thursday. Four hundred people were brought down safely from the top of the mountain.
'The true heroes': Volunteer firefighters lauded as Table Mountain ...
May 2, 2024 · The fire in Skeleton Gorge broke out on Sunday morning after a lightning strike, causing the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden to be temporarily closed. Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) said light rain and mist on Wednesday had helped contain the fire from spreading on the Back Table.