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Title How the 2021 UCT fire ties into climate change, and extreme fire weather in Cape Town’s future Degree of recognition National Media name/outlet IOL Media type Web Country/Territory South Africa Date 6/02/23 Description Cape Town - A new study explaining extreme events of 2021 from a climate perspective has found that the devastating UCT/Devil’s Peak fire that raged in April 2021, saw the most severe autumn fire weather conditions in Cape Town since 1979, and that these fire weather conditions are 90% more likely to occur now. Producer/Author Kristin Engel URL https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/news/how-the-2021-uct-fire-ties-into-climate-change-and-extreme-fire-weather-in-cape-towns-future-ce45b5c2-cae4-455f-8d52-50f61c136dd9 Persons Zhongwei Liu, Jonathan Eden, Bastien Dieppois, Stefaan Conradie, Matthew Blackett