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Cape Town’s Battle: 300+ Firefighters Tackle Mountain Blaze for Two Days

Cape Town: Over 300 firefighters battled a two-day blaze on a mountain near Cape Town, South Africa, prompting evacuations from a threatened neighborhood. Five firefighters were injured, and two were hospitalized. The fire near Simon’s Town, south of Cape Town, started on Tuesday and narrowly spared houses, damaging only one derelict building. Residents were precautionarily evacuated. Five helicopters sourced water…