Shack fire lives 2 dead and 500 homeless

By Lelethu Mquqo
22 August 2010

Two people have been killed and more than 500 others including children, after a shack fire broke out in Kleinmond, Western Cape.

residents in the Overhill informal settlement are trying to recover some of their remaining belongings.

A burning candle is said to be the apparently cause of the blaze.

Almost 300 shelters burnt down.

The Overstrand municipality is assisting the victims.

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