Africa-Press – South-Africa. The Table Mountain Aerial Cableway resumed operations on Sunday morning, although fire damage to sections of the wooden boardwalk at the upper cableway station after a two-day mountain blaze means
this area will be closed to the public until further notice. Wahida Parker, managing director of the Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company (TMACC), said mop-up operations continued on
Sunday morning. commence “As of 08:20 on Sunday, our operations [were] able to resume. The temperature at the top of the mountain is mild and visibility poor. Some pathways at the top will be inaccessible due to fire
damage,” said Parker. The cause of the fire is yet to be determined. On Saturday night, SANParks said in a statement that aerial resources, consisting of a Huey helicopter and spotter plane, as
well as ground crews, had to stand down just after 17:00 owing to cloud coverage which made it difficult to access water sources. But by 18:00, the fire was “100% cleared”
and mop-up operations were implemented. ??Fountain Ravine Fire ?? Here’s a current look at the fire activity along Fountain Ravine and Fountain Peak on Western slopes below upper cable station.
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— SANParks TMNP (@TableMountainNP) October 29, 2022The City of Cape Town said a group of 12 hikers
became “overwhelmed” by the dense smoke and needed to be brought down from Platteklip Gorge. “A female hiker was in a serious condition and needed to be airlifted for urgent medical attention. At 18:40 on Saturday
evening, the incident was declared closed,” it said in a statement. Newsletter Daily Good Morning, SA Join the 1 million News24 readers who are signed up to receive the top, must-read stories of the day in their inbox. Join them and get premium news, every weekday at 6 am.
Sign up Fire engines from both Roeland Street and Sea Point fire stations had responded to the blaze, which, upon arrival, was found to be high up and inaccessible from the road.
Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) was alerted, and their firefighting teams were deployed. SANParks spokesperson Lauren Howard-Clayton said clean-up operations are expected to continue for most of Sunday.
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