Masiphumelele fire
WC fire season: Firefighters battle blazes across province
Crews battled and contained wildfires in Greyton in the Overberg and in Great Brak River in the southern cape.
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Masiphumelele fire claims 3 lives
Firefighters managed to extinguish the blaze, but several shacks were destroyed.
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Masiphumelele residents rebuild homes but fear next fire disaster
Over 1,200 people were left homeless after Sunday's blaze gutted their shacks.
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Most shacks rebuilt following Masiphumelele fire
Almost 1,300 people were left destitute following Sunday night's blaze that swept through an entire section of the township.
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CoCT: High-density townships lead to large-scale fires
Mayco member for Human Settlements Malusi Booi said that if residents heeded their warnings to maintain space between structures, the spread of fires could be avoided.
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1 person dead, over 1,000 left homeless after Masiphumelele shack fire
The City of Cape Town said the blaze destroyed 256 structures, affecting more than 1,200 people.
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Shack fire leaves more than 200 homeless in Masiphumelele
The blaze broke out in the informal settlement in the early hours of Sunday and destroyed 119 shacks.
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CT Disaster Management to assess damage in Masiphumelele after ravaging fire
It was unclear how many shacks were gutted in the blaze.
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Masiphumelele shack fire leaves about 150 residents displaced
In the past 10 days, there've been at least five serious shack fires across parts of the city in which three people died and thousands more were left homeless.
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100 displaced after fire breaks out in Masiphumelele
The City of Cape Town says a fire that broke out in Masiphumelele has been contained.
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40 displaced after fire in Masiphumelele
It's not yet known what caused the blaze on Monday night.
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Displaced residents in Masiphumelele receive relief aid
A blaze ripped through the informal settlement over the weekend, destroying 40 structures and displacing 110 people.
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Shack fire displaces some Masiphumelele residents
At least 14 structures were destroyed by the fire in the early hours of this morning.
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Man dies in Masiphumelele shack fire
Firefighters responded to the shack blaze early this morning.
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Masiphumelele residents to start rebuilding their homes
At least 600 people have been displaced after Friday's blaze in which 150 homes were razed to the ground.
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Humanitarian aid to continue in Masiphumele
At least 600 people have been displaced in the blaze that razed more than 150 shacks to the ground.
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Masiphumelele fire brought under control
The cause of the fire and the extent of the damage caused remains unknown.
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Plans for Masiphumelele housing project nears completion
The City of Cape Town is currently finalising plans around the construction of several RDP houses.
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WC Education Dept gives reasons for textbook shortage in Masiphumelele
The WCED has attributed a shortage of textbooks at Masiphumelele High School to protests & fires.
