Over 350 people were left homeless after a spate of fires in the Western Cape over the weekend, Cape Town's disaster risk management centre said on Sunday.
“Disaster response teams will be assisting the victims that were affected by the fires (Sunday) morning with humanitarian relief aid during the course of the day,” said spokesman Wilfred Solomons-Johannes.
Two separate fires left six people without homes on Sunday morning,
A fire at an informal settlement in K Section, Khayelitsha, started around 2.30am destroying a shack and leaving two people displaced.
Another fire at Siyahlala informal settlement in Phillipi, started around 4am destroying two shacks and leaving four displaced.
On Saturday, separate fires in Nyanga, Wesbank, Parkwood and Langa led to 93 homes burning down, leaving 348 people homeless.
No injuries or fatalities were reported.
Solomons-Johannes appealed to the public to “keep a watchful eye on open flame fires, gas burners, candles, lamps and paraffin stoves to stop fires from burning out of control”.
- Sapa
“Disaster response teams will be assisting the victims that were affected by the fires (Sunday) morning with humanitarian relief aid during the course of the day,” said spokesman Wilfred Solomons-Johannes.
Two separate fires left six people without homes on Sunday morning,
A fire at an informal settlement in K Section, Khayelitsha, started around 2.30am destroying a shack and leaving two people displaced.
Another fire at Siyahlala informal settlement in Phillipi, started around 4am destroying two shacks and leaving four displaced.
On Saturday, separate fires in Nyanga, Wesbank, Parkwood and Langa led to 93 homes burning down, leaving 348 people homeless.
No injuries or fatalities were reported.
Solomons-Johannes appealed to the public to “keep a watchful eye on open flame fires, gas burners, candles, lamps and paraffin stoves to stop fires from burning out of control”.
- Sapa
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