About 60 people have been left homeless after their shacks burnt down earlier this morning along the N2 in the Western Cape. Cape Town Fire Rescue Services says 18 shacks were destroyed by flames that raged through Europa Informal Settlement near Nyanga. The cause of the fire is not known.
Emergency Fire Services have managed to extinguish the fire. The City of Cape Town's Disaster Management spokesperson, Wilfred Johannes-Solomons says no one was hurt. Johannes-Solomons says the police will launch an investigation into the incident. Disaster management will provide the necessary disaster relief to the affected community as well as building material this morning.
On Monday three people died in two separate shack fires at New Brighton in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape. Four adjoining shacks were also destroyed by the fires. In the first incident and elderly couple burnt to death. The man was 88-years-old and the woman 68.
- SABC
Emergency Fire Services have managed to extinguish the fire. The City of Cape Town's Disaster Management spokesperson, Wilfred Johannes-Solomons says no one was hurt. Johannes-Solomons says the police will launch an investigation into the incident. Disaster management will provide the necessary disaster relief to the affected community as well as building material this morning.
On Monday three people died in two separate shack fires at New Brighton in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape. Four adjoining shacks were also destroyed by the fires. In the first incident and elderly couple burnt to death. The man was 88-years-old and the woman 68.
- SABC
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