A young woman and her two-year-old son died and 100 were left homeless after a fire razed 52 shacks in Langa.
The 19-year-old and her toddler were inside their shack in Zone 23 when the fire broke out just after midnight on Tuesday night.
Disaster Risk Management's Aboubaker Kippie said the cause of the fire was still unknown.
Disaster Risk Management made the community hall in Monwabisi available to the homeless people, but Kippie said they had declined the offer.
"They chose to remain near their sites till the rebuilding equipment arrives," he said.
A bulldozer was to be dispatched to Zone 23 as soon as possible to "clean out the area" to prepare it for the building of new shelters.
"The rebuilding materials should arrive later on Wednesday," Kippie said. - Cape Argus
The 19-year-old and her toddler were inside their shack in Zone 23 when the fire broke out just after midnight on Tuesday night.
Disaster Risk Management's Aboubaker Kippie said the cause of the fire was still unknown.
Disaster Risk Management made the community hall in Monwabisi available to the homeless people, but Kippie said they had declined the offer.
"They chose to remain near their sites till the rebuilding equipment arrives," he said.
A bulldozer was to be dispatched to Zone 23 as soon as possible to "clean out the area" to prepare it for the building of new shelters.
"The rebuilding materials should arrive later on Wednesday," Kippie said. - Cape Argus
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