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 ...
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.
Prince William walks nature trails near South Africa's Table Mountain ...
1 day ago · Britain’s Prince William walks up Signal Hill with Park Manager for Table Mountain National Park Megan Taplin in Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024.
400 rescued after fire breaks out at Table Mountain cableway
Oct 25, 2024 · The blaze broke out on Thursday afternoon. Picture: X/@the_gregdavies Around 400 people were safely rescued after a fire broke out at the Table Mountain lower cableway station on Tafelberg Road ...
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 ...
Prince William takes early-morning nature walk near South Africa…
1 day ago · The Associated Press. CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- 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 ...
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.
Table Mountain cableway fire: Officials carry out 'biggest
Oct 25, 2024 · Table Mountain cableway fire: Officials carry out 'biggest' rescue in more than 60 years. A large multi-disciplinary, multi-agency team debriefing after successfully ushering 75 tourist down the Platteklip Gorge hiking trail on Thursday afternoon.
'The true heroes': Volunteer firefighters lauded as Table Mountain ...
May 2, 2024 · A fire that has burnt on Table Mountain since the weekend has largely been contained. 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 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.