Monday, March 02, 2009

Shack fire leaves 100 homeless

By Mikhaila Crowie
02 March 2009

More than 100 people were left homeless and 1 person dead as fire fighters fought three separate shack fires in Du Noon over the weekend.

A team of fire fighters worked throughout last night trying to extinguish fires in Somerset West.

Greg Pillay, the head of the City’s disaster risk management centre said 24 shelters were gutted about 100 residents left homeless.

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