Cape peninsula shack fires
Authorities investigate series of fires across Cape Peninsula
Firefighters responded to deadly blazes in Mflueni & Hout Bay at the weekend.
Firefighters responded to several major incidents across the Peninsula which have left hundreds homeless.
Almost 100 dwellings were gutted by fires in Philippi, Langa, Khayelitsha & Ravensmead this weekend.
Twelve people have been displaced after a blaze broke out in the Brown's Farm informal settlement.
Since the start of the weekend, 57 dwellings were gutted and close to 200 people were displaced.
The boy was killed when an aggressive fire destroyed a Witsand home and a backyard dwelling.
Several fires were reported at informal settlements in the City of Cape Town at the weekend.
The municipality says more than four thousand less incidents occurred in the fire season.
Around 29 people were left homeless in Lwandle and 14 in Khayelitsha in fires over the weekend.
The service took place at Zeekoevlei Secondary School.
The blaze gutted two backyard shacks in 5th Avenue during the early hours of Monday morning.
WC Premier Helen Zille says alcohol abuse is one of the major contributors to shack fires.
A man died following a shack fire in Masiphumelele near Fish Hoek on Tuesday.
Housing MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela has pleaded with people to avoid informal settlement fires.
The cause of the fire which broke out on Saturday morning remains unknown.
Eighteen fire trucks are currently on the scene and the blaze has been contained.
The city has intensified its firefighting capacity for the dry summer season.
Separate fires have claimed the lives of two people while 60 others have been displaced.
Nearly 3,800 other fires, like vegetation blazes, claimed the lives of 33 people.