CT fires leave 260 homeless
2009-12-18 09:32
Johannesburg - About 260 people were left homeless after two shack fires overnight on Friday in Khayelitsha and Woodstock, the Cape Town Disaster Management Centre said.
Centre spokesperson Wilfred Solomons Johannes said that the first fire happened in Site B, Khayelitsha, just after 13:00 on Thursday when 40 shacks were burned down.
One hundred and sixty people were left homeless. They were not injured.
During the night in Railway Road, Woodstock, 39 shacks burned down.
Some 100 people were affected. None were injured.
Solomons Johannes said the cause of the fires were not yet known.
However disaster management officials were on site and providing food, and blankets, as well as clearing the site. Building materials would also be provided to the affected people for them to rebuild their homes.
- SAPA