{"id":44536,"date":"2024-10-25T12:27:17","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T10:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/cableway-operations-halted-temporarily-20241025\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T23:03:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T21:03:29","slug":"cableway-operations-halted-temporarily-20241025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/cableway-operations-halted-temporarily-20241025\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH | Cableway operations halted temporarily"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A fire in the Table Mountain Cableway\u2019s parking garage has halted operations, though no damage occurred to the cable car machinery. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Engineers are currently assessing structural damage, and updates on reopening are expected by Friday. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Other lower station facilities remain open while cableway operations are paused.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Operations at the lower cableway station&nbsp;on Tafelberg Road are temporarily halted following a fire inside the parking garage yesterday (24 October).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Structural engineers will assess the damages caused to the parking garage and the administration building at the lower station today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-read-emergency-response-at-table-mountain-cableway-as-fire-breaks-out-in-lower-station\">READ:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/community-newspaper\/peoples-post\/emergency-response-at-table-mountain-cableway-as-fire-breaks-out-in-lower-station-20241024\" target=\"_blank\"> Emergency response at Table Mountain cableway as fire breaks out in lower station<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Wahida Parker, managing director of the Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company, says: \u201cThe fire did not reach the machinery that operates the movement of the cable cars. We were able to safely bring people down from the top of the mountain on Thursday.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Custom\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_44910480\">\n<div class=\"custom\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@livejourno4\/video\/7429439934530178309\" class=\"tiktok-embed\" data-video-id=\"7429439934530178309\"><section><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@livejourno4?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"@livejourno4\">@livejourno4<\/a> Firefighters managed to extinguish a fire at the Table Mountain Lower Cable Car station on Tafelberg Road. The cause of the fire, remains unknown but it set off the lithium batteries stored on the site. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/capetown?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"capetown\">#capetown<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/tablemountain?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"tablemountain\">#tablemountain<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/fyp?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"fyp\">#fyp<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/foryourpage?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"foryourpage\">#foryourpage<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/southafrica?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"southafrica\">#southafrica<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/westerncape?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"westerncape\">#westerncape<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7429439933499411205?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"? original sound - QBert\">? original sound \u2013 QBert<\/a> <\/section><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parker says the company will post operational updates on their website and social media channels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe hope to have an indication by late on Friday on when we will resume our operations. 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