Cape Town fire, which damaged UCT buildings, likely started as a malicious act

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The fire burned about 600 hectares of land within the Table Mountain National Park, buildings on the UCT’s upper campus and some neighbouring properties on April 18, 2021. TheCapeArgus

Dziba also said various potential causes of the fire were thoroughly assessed by an independent investigator, Enviro Wildfire.

Within a few hours the temperature had increased to 34°C and the relative humidity had decreased to 13%, with a prevailing north-westerly breeze of approximately 12km/h. According to Dziba, the situation could have been much worse if the strategic relationship between SANParks and various stakeholders, including the City of Cape Town, were not in place.

 

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