The year started off on a grim note for some Phillipi residents, as a fire destroyed about 200 structures in the Phola Park Informal Settlement in the early hours of today, leaving one dead.
The City's Fire and Rescue
Service spokesperson, Jermaine Carelse, said firefighters were alerted to the
fire just before 3a.m, with reports indicating that structures were on fire off
Rochester Road.
He added that a woman
sustained fatal burn wounds.
"A total of 12
firefighting appliances and more than 50 staff battled the blaze which was
brought under control at about 6am."
"The body of the woman who
died, was found among the debris, and it is estimated that more than 200
structures were destroyed, leaving hundreds of people homeless," added
Jermaine Carelse, City of Cape Town Fire & Rescue Services spokesperson.
Carelse said the cause of the
fire is unknown.
By: Everngelista Muza
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