Biggest rescue on Table Mountain in 64 years after lithium
Oct 25, 2024 · Cape Town fire and rescue service extinguished the battery fire. On March 27 1960, 140 people were left stranded on the mountain after a strong south-easterly wind halted cable car operations. Two ...
Prince William walks nature trails near South Africa's Table Mountain ...
1 day ago · CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Prince William went on an early-morning nature walk near South Africa’s Table Mountain on Tuesday to promote the work of conservation rangers in a unique urban national park. The Prince of Wales and heir to the British throne met with some of the rangers who guard the Table Mountain National Park, an 85-square-mile (220-square kilometer) area that overlooks ...
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.
Table Mountain Aerial Cableway to reopen after fire
Oct 29, 2024 · Table Mountain Cableway back in business. The Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company (TMACC) yesterday announced that cable cars will resume normal operations on Wednesday morning, 30 October, weather dependent. “Safety experts have worked over the weekend to investigate the fire that broke out in the parking garage structure of the Lower Station on …
Prince William takes early-morning nature walk near South ... - ABC News
1 day ago · Prince William has gone on an early-morning nature walk on the slopes of South Africa’s Table Mountain to promote the work of conservation rangers in a unique urban national park CAPE TOWN ...
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.
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.
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.
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 Cableway: Operations suspended after fire incident
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