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Zille: Alcohol linked to shack fires
WC Premier Helen Zille says alcohol abuse is one of the major contributors to shack fires.
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'CT formal housing not an overnight process'
Housing MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela has pleaded with people to avoid informal settlement fires.
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Bleak Christmas for Valhalla Park
At least 1,000 people have lost their homes in a devastating blaze which ripped through the area.
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CT shack fire kills young boy
The news comes shortly after the city announced major efforts to stem the problem of shack fires.
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CT beefs up firefighting capacity
The city has intensified its firefighting capacity for the dry summer season.
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Two die in Muizenberg shack fire
The children died after a blaze at an informal settlement on Friday morning.
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Two killed in Cape shack fires
Separate fires have claimed the lives of two people while 60 others have been displaced.
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200 displaced in WC fires
Cape Town Disaster Management's Wilfred Solomons-Johannes says they've assisted those affected.
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Philippi fire leaves at least 60 homeless
More than 20 homes have been destroyed by a fire in the Browns Farm informal settlement.
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Fire under investigation underway
The fire broke out in Bonteheuwel WC the early hours of the morning.
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Woman, five kids killed in fires
Six people lost their lives in separate fires on Sunday morning.
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Disaster management probes deadly shack fires
Two women died in shack fires on Saturday morning while others were left homeless.
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Fire leaves 20 people displaced
The fire gutted eight structures at Witsand.
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Girl (3) dies in shack fire
A deadly shack fire broke out in Mfuleni township on Saturday morning.
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Several left homeless in squatter camp fire
It remains unclear what started the fire at the Brentwood Park informal settlement in Benoni.
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2 die in seperate fires
Seperate fires in Ekurhuleni have left two people dead.
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'Shack fires caused by negligence'
A 28-year-old man and an eight-month-old baby were killed in separate fires.
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CT shack fires claim lives
An eight-month-old baby died in a shack fire in Bonteheuwel over the weekend.
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Man dies in shack fire
At least eight people have died in shack fires in Gauteng this winter.
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Man killed in JHB shack fire
A man has died following a shack fire in Ivory Park on Saturday.
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2 die in Cape shack fires
Two people have died and 200 more were left homeless in seperate shack fires in Cape Town.