Cape Town Fire Burns University Library, Students Evacuated

Students make their way after being evacuated from their residence at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, on April 18, 2021. Nardus Engelbrecht/AP Photo

JOHANNESBURG—A wildfire raging on the slopes of Cape Town’s Table Mountain spread to the University of Cape Town, burning the historic campus library and forcing the evacuation of students Sunday.

Orange flames lit up the windows of the library that houses considerable archives and book collections while firefighters sprayed jets of water to douse the blaze. At least two floors of Jagger Library burned, according to local news reports.