Article 5GRED Cape Town fires: police investigate causes after library damaged

Cape Town fires: police investigate causes after library damaged

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Jason Burke in Johannesburg
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Wildfires on Table Mountain spread to historic university library and force evacuation of students

Police in Cape Town have arrested a man on suspicion of starting one of the wildfires raging on the slopes of Table Mountain.

Over the weekend one fire spread to the University of Cape Town (UCT), burning the historic campus library and forcing the evacuation of 4,000 students. Other fires broke out around Devil's Peak, a spur of the mountain.

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