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Table Mountain: Table Mountain, Table Mountain National Park, Devil's Peak, 2006 Table Mountain Fire, 2009 Table Mountain Fire, Signal Hill
Paperback. Books LLC 2010-05-03.
ISBN 9781155403878
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Table Mountain, Table Mountain National Park, Devil's Peak, 2006 Table Mountain Fire, 2009 Table Mountain Fire, Signal Hill, Lion's Head, Table Mountain Aerial Cableway, 2008-09 Western Cape Fires, Constantia Nek, Table Mountain Sandstone, Orange Kloof. Excerpt: Burning close to Vredehoek, 27 January Aftermath of the fire, looking from the edge of Oranjezicht towards the mountain The 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 4 p.m. on 26 January 2006 above Tafelberg Road, and spread quickly due to dry conditions and strong winds of up to 60 knots (69 mph , 111 km/h ). It threatened to spread into the densely populated suburbs of Tamboerskloof , Oranjezicht , Vredehoek and Gardens on the north side, as well as Camps Bay and Bantry Bay on the south side. Janet Chesworth, a 65-year old British tourist , died from smoke inhalation while hiking near the lower cable station along with her daughter, Linda, who was in an unknown condition. A group of three German tourists were found unharmed on the mountain, and two tourists were also airlifted off the mountain while they waited on a rock near the upper cable car station. Up to sixteen hikers were also reportedly stranded on Table Mountain and Signal Hill . A number of homes were destroyed, as well as three cars along Tafelberg Road. An estimated 7 km² of fynbos vegetation was destroyed on the first day of the blaze and, according to conservation officials, approximately 40 to 50 % of the world's Silver leaf tree population found only in Stellenbosch , Paarl , Lion's Head and the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden had perished in the blaze. Three helicopters from Working on Fire, a government-private poverty alleviation initiative
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