Saturday, March 02, 2013

100 displaced due to City fires

Athenkosi Mvane
02 March  2013


100 people were left homeless when 60 structures caught fire during the early hours of this morning, at the Dakela Informal Settlement near Milnerton.

The City’s Fire and Rescue Services sent out fire engines and emergency personnel to the scene of the incident.

Disaster Risk Management Centre spokesperson Wilfred Solomons-Johannes said that no injuries were reported in connection with the blaze.

“It took the fire fighters approximately three hours to manage to extinguish the blaze” Solomons-Johannes said.

Solomons-Johannes added that the cause of the fire is still under investigation.

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