92 people homeless in Langa after shack fire

By Ilhaam Hoosain
30 March 2008


92 people on the Cape Flats have lost their homes after a fire in Langa.

Disaster Risk Management says a blaze in Zone 17 early this morning razed about 30 wood-and-iron structures to the ground.

There were no injuries or fatalities and the displaced people are being accommodated in a nearby community centre and also by friends and family.

“This morning at 1 o’clock there was a shack fire. 92 people were involved.

“We have provided the victims with assistance and a NGO assisted with food parcels and distribution of blankets,” says DRM’s Greg Pillay.

He goes on to say that there are people there to clean up the area to enable the survivors to rebuild their homes.

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