Heat wave leads to fires in Cape Town

Mluleki Mrwebi

19 January 2012

The Western Cape has been hit by dry and hot conditions in the last few days. These conditions are favorable to fires.

The temperatures range between 30-39 degrees Celsius in and around the Western Cape.

The heat and windy conditions yesterday gave firefighters hard time as they were trying to extinguish a fire in Lusaka informal settlements in Nyanga.

More than 100 people were left destitute in Lusaka and about 160 people displaced when a shack fire gutted 45 shacks in Barcelona informal in Crossroads.

 

The cause of the fires is still not known and no injuries were reported.