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2009 Table Mountain Fire

2009 · 33.95° S, 18.46° E

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2009
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Wildfire
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33.95° S, 18.46° E
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2009 Table Mountain fire

Large fire in and around the Table Mountain National Park in Cape Town, South Africa

The 2009 Table Mountain fire was a large fire in and around the Table Mountain National Park in Cape Town, South Africa. It broke out at approximately 20:30 on 17 March 2009 in the vicinity of Rhodes Memorial and initial fears were that the fire would spread to UCT's Upper Campus. The Table Mountain National Park quickly deployed firefighting personnel on the mountain, but the fire spread due to the strong winds.

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