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Police evacuate elderly residents as a massive bush fire sweeps across Cape Town's Table Mountain
18 Mar 2009
Source: Reuters
 
Police evacuate elderly residents as a massive bush fire sweeps across Cape Town's Table Mountain, March 18, 2009. Strong south easterly winds, coupled with hot dry weather, have fanned hundreds of bush fires across the province in recent weeks. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings (SOUTH AFRICA DISASTER ENVIRONMENT IMAGE OF THE DAY TOP PICTURE)
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A massive bush fire sweeps across Cape Town's Table Mountain March 18, 2009, causing hundreds of people to be evacuated as the flames threatened buildings. Strong south easterly winds, coupled with ...


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