About 300 shacks were destroyed and more than 1,000 people left homeless after a fire devastated the Masiphumelele informal settlement near Fish Hoek early on Thursday.
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This is the second time within two weeks that the informal settlement has been hit by fire.
Residents and their children were slowing picking up the pieces and rebuilding on Thursday.
Disaster Management spokesman Greg Pillay said: “More than 1,000 people were displaced and 292 shacks burnt down.” - Cape Times
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