{"id":44226,"date":"2026-02-24T21:02:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T19:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/cape-town-international-airport-confirms-that-power-has-been-fully-restored-following-a-fire-incident-earlier-today-in-the-northern-service-yard\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T21:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T19:02:12","slug":"cape-town-international-airport-confirms-that-power-has-been-fully-restored-following-a-fire-incident-earlier-today-in-the-northern-service-yard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/cape-town-international-airport-confirms-that-power-has-been-fully-restored-following-a-fire-incident-earlier-today-in-the-northern-service-yard\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Town International Airport confirms that power has been fully restored following a fire incident earlier today in the Northern Service Yard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cape Town International Airport confirms that power has been fully restored following a fire incident earlier today in the Northern Service Yard (International inner lane, landside).<\/p>\n<p>The fire was reported at approximately 11h15 and was extinguished shortly thereafter. As a precaution, sections of the International Terminal affected by smoke were evacuated. We can confirm that all passengers and staff were evacuated safely and calmly.<\/p>\n<p>Operational Update<\/p>\n<p>While technical teams are currently stabilizing network and IT systems, services are progressively returning to normal. The current status is as follows:<\/p>\n<p>&bull; International Departures: Operations have resumed. However, due to the earlier<\/p>\n<p>suspension, passengers should expect delays and schedule adjustments.<\/p>\n<p>&bull; International Arrivals: Some flights were diverted during the incident. Passengers<\/p>\n<p>are urged to confirm arrival statuses directly with their airlines.<\/p>\n<p>&bull; Domestic Flights: Both arrivals and departures&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=76551&#038;page=cape-town-international-airport-confirms-that-power-has-been-fully-restored-following-a-fire-incident-earlier-today-in-the-northern-service-yard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cape Town International Airport confirms that power has been fully restored following a fire incident earlier today in the Northern Service Yard (International inner lane, landside). The fire was reported at approximately 11h15 and was extinguished shortly thereafter. As a precaution, sections of the International Terminal affected by smoke were evacuated. We can confirm that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44227,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/641272755_946637654696400_504498152760781412_n.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/641272755_946637654696400_504498152760781412_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}