Firefighters battle Cape Town blaze

Updated April 19 2021 - 6:54pm, first published 6:52pm
Firefighters are battling a blaze that has destroyed several University of Cape Town buildings.
Firefighters are battling a blaze that has destroyed several University of Cape Town buildings.

South African emergency workers have started evacuating three 17-storey residential buildings overlooking Cape Town city as a wildfire fanned by strong winds continues to burn out of control along Table Mountain, city officials say.

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