Five people have died in a fire in Khayelitsha, Cape Town in the early hours of Friday morning.
According to police the fire
broke out in Nonqubela, Site B in Khayelitsha.The City of Cape Town Fire and
Rescue Service spokesperson Jermaine Carelse reported that the five victims
found have yet to be identified.
He said: The City's Fire and
Rescue Service was alerted at 01:50 that an informal structure was on fire in
Bhemye Crescent. The crew from Lansdowne Road Fire Station was soon on the
scene, where firefighters found a structure fully engulfed in flames.
"The scene was handed
over to the South African Police Service at 03:15," he said.
Ward councillor Thando Pimpi
said the five people did not looked to be related despite them sleeping in the
shack at the time of the fire.
He said only one shack was
burned down, but no one lived. He added that the cause of the fire was still
unclear.
by Everngelista Muza
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