Two people were killed and 369 people were
displaced when a fire swept through the New Rest informal settlement, in
Nyanga, early this morning, the city of Cape Town
They were declared dead on the scene.
Emergency trauma counselling had been provided
to the families of those who died and to witnesses.
118 shacks were
gutted in the New Rest Informal Settlement in Nyanga .
Disaster Risk
Management's Wilfred Solomons-Johannes said 50 other people were displaced
following fires at informal settlements in Muizenberg and the Strand.
He said the
cause of all three fires will be investigated.The city’s response teams are
assisting with the victims in Muizenberg, the Strand and Nyanga.
He adds that at this stage it is still unclear
how the fire started and an investigation is underway .
South African
police service has opened a inquest into these incidences.
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