Scores left displaced after Cape shack fires

Many left homeless following more shack fires

More than a hundred people have been left displaced after shack fires broke out last night in two informal settlements outside Cape Town.

Fire service authorities say about 30 informal homes were destroyed in a blaze opposite the Klipfontein Mission Station in Old Crossroads, leaving at least 50 people homeless.

More than 70 people lost their homes when a fire broke out in the Europa informal settlement in Gugulethu.

There have been no reports of deaths or injuries in either incident. - SABC