Thursday, May 29, 2008

Fire burns Cape settlement - report

More than 150 people have been displaced after a fire broke out in the Siteview informal settlement at Grabouw in the Western Cape, SABC news reported on Thursday.

At least ninety shacks were destroyed in the fire.

Democratic Alliance councillor in the area Mlulami Chaka said the victims were being temporarily accommodated in a local community hall.

No one was injured in the blaze, Chaka told SABC news.

The cause of the fire has not yet been established. - Sapa

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