A shack fire in an informal settlement on the Cape Peninsula has claimed the life of a woman.
Six hundred people have been left homeless by the blaze at Fisantkraal near Durbanville.
About 250 shacks were razed in the fire, which started just after six yesterday evening. Nine fire engines from Cape Town fought the blaze for two hours. The cause of the fire is unknown at this stage.
Meanwhile, Cape Peninsula firefighters were kept busy with damping-down operations and monitoring hot spots in Ocean View and Scarborough, where a vegetation fire had been raging for two days. Six houses and several informal dwellings were destroyed in the blaze, which started in Scarborough and spread rapidly to Ocean View.
Two fire fighters, who sustained second and third degree burns while battling the flames, were expected to undergo surgery at Claremont hospital yesterday. - SABC
Six hundred people have been left homeless by the blaze at Fisantkraal near Durbanville.
About 250 shacks were razed in the fire, which started just after six yesterday evening. Nine fire engines from Cape Town fought the blaze for two hours. The cause of the fire is unknown at this stage.
Meanwhile, Cape Peninsula firefighters were kept busy with damping-down operations and monitoring hot spots in Ocean View and Scarborough, where a vegetation fire had been raging for two days. Six houses and several informal dwellings were destroyed in the blaze, which started in Scarborough and spread rapidly to Ocean View.
Two fire fighters, who sustained second and third degree burns while battling the flames, were expected to undergo surgery at Claremont hospital yesterday. - SABC
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