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Over 300 people from Marlboro industrial are destitute after a fire swept through nearly 70 shacks. Picture: Thando Kubheka/EWN.

Marlboro shacks burn down

Shack fire leaves over 300 homeless

By Thando Kubheka

Over 300 people from Marlboro industrial are destitute after a fire swept through the area.

  • Manalesi Vaya, a Stop Hunger Now Southern Africa volunteer, talking to the victims of the Marlboro fire.

    Disaster relief for Marlboro fire victims

    Stop Hunger Now delivered 4,536 meals to the site of a fire that left hundreds homeless.

    3589 days ago
  • Children were left stranded after the factory fire in Marlboro, Johannesburg, on 1 September, 2012. Picture: Govan Whittles/EWN.

    Classes suspended after Marlboro fire

    Cleaners at Nokuthula School on Wednesday started removing some of the debris.

    3589 days ago
  • The remains of a school that was affected by a fire in Marlboro on 1 September 2012. Picture: Govan Whittles/EWN.

    Fire destroys JHB special needs school

    A Marlboro school for mentally disabled children was damaged in a factory fire on Saturday.

    3591 days ago
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