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Primrose residents suspect unattended brazier behind fire
The Red Cross's Titus Baloyi says the strong wing in the area may have caused the blaze to spread to a large section of the shacks.
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'I sleep outside... I don’t have a choice'
Residents who lost their homes in a shack fire in Primrose on the East Rand have described to Eyewitness News how they battled to sleep in the cold.
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Hundreds left homeless after Primrose informal settlement fire
Hundreds of people have been left homeless after a fire ripped through at least 50 shacks at the Primrose informal settlement on the East Rand.
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[UPDATE] Primrose informal settlement fire extinguished, 50 homes destroyed
Ekurhuleni disaster management says no one was hurt or killed in the fire.
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20 left homeless after fire destroys shacks near Lavender Hill
Cape Town Disaster Risk Management says its office has been activated and officials are assessing the damage.
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Philippi East community left reeling from deadly shack fire
The shack fire broke out in the early hours of Wednesday morning, killing a couple and their four children.
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Authorities probe destructive Masiphumelele blaze
The blaze broke out in Kanana Road shortly before 1 o'clock on Tuesday morning.
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Joburg EMS happy with response to shack fires following cold snap
Emergency services say there was no other incident reported, despite a cold snap which usually leads to several fires.
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Joburg Emergency Services issue shack fire warning ahead of winter
Johannesburg Emergency Services’ Robert Mulaudzi says winter is often a difficult time with at least 189 informal settlements within the city.
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Over 550 CT families start rebuilding following shack fires
The Cape Town fire and rescue service has responded to 10 major fire incidents since the start of the Easter holiday period.
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Separate CT shack fires leave over 600 residents homeless
Two people have died in separate incidents in Hout Bay and Gugulethu.
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Man dies, 300 left homeless in Hout Bay shack fire
The blaze broke out in Mandela Park in the early hours of Sunday morning, destroying more than 100 dwellings.
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Families left destitute by Gugulethu fire receive relief from City of CT
The blaze destroyed nearly 30 shacks in the New Rest informal settlement on Friday night.
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1 killed, scores displaced in WC fires
One man died after a fire broke out in the structure he had been staying in last night, in Gugulethu.
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Five family members killed in Nomzamo fire
The blaze destroyed five shacks on Friday, leaving 18 people without a home. Among those killed in the fire were a man, a woman, and three children.
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Firefighters at Imizamo Yethu fire were intimidated
The fire that claimed the lives of four people and left thousands homeless broke out last weekend.
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Vrygrond shack fire displaces 25 people
Ten shacks and a formal house were destroyed. No injuries were reported.
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‘Too soon’ to speculate on cause of fires in CT informal settlement
The Kensington community policing forum says it's too soon to speculate about what caused two separate fires in the informal settlement.
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Scores left homeless following weekend shack fires in CT
A woman has died and over 100 residents displaced after fires in Dunoon and Nyanga over the weekend.
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Over 140 people destitute after Dunoon shack fire
Forty dwellings burnt to the ground at the weekend and no casualties were reported.
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Over 70 people left homeless after Nyanga shack fire
At least 15 dwellings were gutted during the blaze.
