Deadly shack fires leave residents destitute

Oscar Thomas
09 December 2014

A shack fire in Phillippi East earlier today left two children both aged two-year old dead and their mother sustained burn wounds.

Cape Town Fire spokesperson Theo Layne said the cause of the fire is being investigated by police. 

Meanwhile another fire in Kosovo informal settlement left at least 120 people homeless.

Layne said in the early hours of this morning, they had responded to Kosovo informal settlement where they had 60-80 shacks that have burnt.

Layne said it left one adult male dead and then in a separate incident in Philippi East we had two young girls that had died as a result of one shack that had burnt.

“The causes of the two blazes are unknown at this stage as police are conducting an investigation into these two matters Layne added.

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