Monday, March 9, 2009

Fire guts 800 shacks in Langa

About 800 shacks were gutted in a fire at the Joe Slovo informal settlement in Langa on the Cape Flats on Monday morning, police said.

Superintendent Andre Traut said fire services extinguished the blaze in the early hours of the morning.

"About 800 shacks were damaged in the fire. No-one was killed or injured. There are negotiations under way to relocate the affected families to an area in Delft," said Traut.

The cause of the fire was not yet known. - Sapa

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