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Two children killed in WC shack fire

Firefighters were deployed to an informal settlement just after midnight.

FILE: A fireman mans a hose during a fire in Cape Town. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.
FILE: A fireman mans a hose during a fire in Cape Town. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.
| 1144 days ago

CAPE TOWN - Two children have died and four shacks were razed in a fire in Fisantekraal.

Firefighters were deployed to an informal settlement just after midnight.

Fire and Rescue Service's Theo Layne says: "At about 12:30am this morning, the city's fire service responded to Goedverwacht Street in Fisantekraal where a fire broke out. Four informal structures were destroyed and approximately 15 people were displaced."

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