Out-of-control blaze engulfs Cape Town uni

South African emergency workers have started evacuating three 17-story residential buildings overlooking Cape Town's city center as a wildfire fanned by strong winds continues to burn out of control along Table Mountain.

The fire started early Sunday morning on the slopes of Devil's Peak, another part of the capital's mountainous backdrop, forcing University of Cape Town students to evacuate residences as runaway flames set several campus buildings ablaze.

Other properties damaged include the popular hikers' restaurant at Rhodes memorial and the thatch-roofed Mostert Mill, built around 1796 and South Africa's oldest working mill.

City officials confirmed one suspect has been detained on Devil's Peak amid speculation that additional fires may have been started and whether the original fire was deliberately lit.