Victims of a shack fire in mid-February in Wallacedene, Kraaifontein, say they are struggling since their electricity boxes and cables went up in the blaze. The fire destroyed twelve shacks and damaged cables transmitting electricity to one shack which escaped the flames, GroundUp reported. The shack dwellers say they lost[…]
Six people died in an informal settlement in Wallacedene, Cape Town, when their shack caught fire on Thursday night. Four of the deceased are minors. Theo Layne, spokesperson for Cape Town Fire and Rescue, told News24 the fire at the shack in Motlanthe Street was caused by a heating device[…]
A seven year old boy was killed on Sunday when a fire tore through four shacks in Wallacedene, the Cape Town disaster management said. Ten other people were left homeless as a result, spokesman Wilfred Solomons-Johannes said in a statement. In a separate incident, 270 people were displaced when a[…]
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