A man was killed in a shack fire in Phumlani in Cape Town on Sunday, December 25, 2011, disaster management said.
Firefighters extinguished the blaze and found the charred body of a man inside one of the shacks around 2am, spokesman Wilfred Solomons-Johannes said.
The man was burnt beyond recognition and four shacks were completely destroyed, leaving 15 people displaced.
The cause of the fire was not immediately clear.
Three other people, including a two-year-old baby girl, were killed in shack fired in the province since the start of the weekend . Twenty-one were left displaced.
Solomons-Johannes said those displaced were offered shelter and building material by the disaster management. - Sapa
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