Twenty-five families spent Tuesday patching together what remained of their lives after a fire razed a part of the Doornbach informal settlement, leaving them homeless.
The fire started just after 8pm on Monday and left more than 85 people homeless, but no one injured, before it was put out several hours later.
Hlumile Stemela, ward councillor for the area, said he had asked officials from Home Affairs to help victims of the fire to receive new birth certificates and identity documents as many of them were dependent on social grants and needed the documents.
Food parcels and blankets were given to victims on Monday evening and on Tuesday.
Cape Town disaster management spokesperson Charlotte Powell said an investigation would be launched into the cause of the fire, adding that no one had been arrested. - Cape Times
The fire started just after 8pm on Monday and left more than 85 people homeless, but no one injured, before it was put out several hours later.
Hlumile Stemela, ward councillor for the area, said he had asked officials from Home Affairs to help victims of the fire to receive new birth certificates and identity documents as many of them were dependent on social grants and needed the documents.
Food parcels and blankets were given to victims on Monday evening and on Tuesday.
Cape Town disaster management spokesperson Charlotte Powell said an investigation would be launched into the cause of the fire, adding that no one had been arrested. - Cape Times
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