Shack fire
'Heartbroken' Kwa Mai Mai residents ‘left with nothing’ after deadly blaze
The residents spoke of their harrowing ordeal as they walked around what use to be their homes on Monday.
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4 people, including 3 children die, in fire at Germiston informal settlement
Ekurhuleni Emergency Services said the children, aged nine, seven, and two, as well as a 43-year-old woman, were burned beyond recognition.
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Twin toddlers burn to death after candle sets home on fire in Boksburg
The City of Ekhuruleni on Friday said when firefighters arrived at the scene on Thursday night the home was engulfed in flames and neighbours were trying to extinguish the blaze with buckets of water.
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Fire reported at Joe Slovo Park informal settlement
It is unclear yet what started the blaze and how many shacks and families have been affected.
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Mom says 10 hours after son died in fire, authorities yet to respond
It’s believed the fire broke shortly after an explosion inside the shack at around 1 am at the Lion Park informal settlement near Lanseria.
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CoJ helps fire ravished Booysens informal settlement rebuild homes
The densely populated area in the south of Johannesburg was razed to the ground on Friday.
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Fire rips through Dunoon informal settlement, destroys 8 homes
One person has been taken to after he sustained severe burn wounds.
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4 people die in two separate shack fires in Khayelitsha, Dunoon
The first fire broke out in the Qandu-Qandu informal settlement just off Japhta K. Masemola Drive in Khayelitsha.
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2-year-old girl dies in Gugulethu home fire
Two other children, a nine-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy escaped the blaze.
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Mom allegedly takes own life after children killed in home fire
It’s understood the children, aged between two and eight, were trapped inside the burning shelter after their mother left them alone.
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Joburg fire destroys 50 shacks
Authorities said that at the moment there were no fatalities or injuries.
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Woman, daughter (3) die in shack fire in Bethelsdorp
The blaze broke out on Monday night in the Danny Jordaan informal settlement in Bloemendal.
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Hundreds left homeless after fire destroys dwellings in KwaMashu township
One hundred informal dwellings have been destroyed in KwaMashu township, north of Durban.
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2 people hospitalised following shack fire in Alexandra
Joburg emergency services said that 15 shacks had been affected by a blaze in Alexandra.
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Two people die in fire that destroyed three homes in Vrygrond, CT
The blaze broke out earlier on Saturday.
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Alexandra residents affected by blaze rebuild their homes
Twenty shacks were destroyed in Friday’s blaze at the organic market information settlement.
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Father and child (6) die in Germiston fire
The exact circumstances leading to the incident are still unclear but authorities say the blaze broke out in the early hours of Monday morning and affected several dwellings.
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Mother, 3 children killed in Khayelitsha shack fire
The cause of the blaze in the Endlovini informal settlement on Tuesday is unknown at this stage.
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Blaze leaves over 140 homes, 300 people affected in Nomzamo
The blaze ripped through two areas in the informal settlement on Tuesday.
