Biggest rescue on Table Mountain in 64 years after lithium
Oct 25, 2024 · Wilderness Search and Rescue teams helped tourists safely walk down the mountain. A total of 75 people, including injured and exhausted tourists, were helped down a steep hiking trail on Thursday...
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.
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.
Update: Firefighters contain 60% of Table Mountain front face fire
Dec 29, 2024 · In its latest update, SANParks Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) reported that 60% of the fire burning along the front face of Table Mountain has been contained. In addition to the Platteklip Gorge trail, the Contour Path across the front face of Table Mountain has also been closed for today and tomorrow, SANParks confirmed.
Table Mountain fire contained, 2 people arrested for arson
Dec 30, 2024 · A fire that broke out on the front face of Table Mountain on Sunday afternoon has been contained, and, according to the City of Cape Town, law enforcement officials and SA National Parks (SANParks) mountain rangers arrested two people on arson charges.
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.
Table Mountain rescue operation ‘biggest in 64 Years’
Oct 25, 2024 · In what has been called the biggest rescue on Table Mountain since 1960, 75 tourists were aided down the steep Platteklip Gorge trail on Thursday (24 October) after a lithium battery fire halted the Table Mountain Aerial Cableway operations.
Table Mountain cableway blaze sparks probe amid largest ... - MSN
An investigation is under way into the devastating fire that occurred at Table Mountain’s lower cableway station on Thursday, 24 October 2024, injuring one person, leaving 400 stranded, and...
Table Mountain Cableway suspends operations following fire …
Oct 25, 2024 · The Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company (TMACC) announced today that the Table Mountain Cableway will be temporarily out of service following a fire that damaged its lower parking garage and administration building.