80 victims of shack fire being cared for
EIGHTY people, including eight babies, were left homeless after a fire destroyed 21 shacks in the Masiphumelele informal settlement near Kommetjie yesterday morning.
Charlotte Powell, the City’s Disaster Risk Management spokesperson, said the affected people are being accommodated in the Masiphumelele community hall. The Red Cross Society is providing hot meals, blankets and baby packs.
Powell said the City had provided people with kits to rebuild their homes.
Theo Layne, the City’s Fire and Rescue Services spokeperson, said they had responded to the fire, which started in Phokela Street, just after 10.30am. It took about two hours to extinguish the blaze.