ARTICLES RELATING TO FIRES

Three railway coaches set alight at a Cape Town train station

2018-06-18 16:11

Three railway carriages have been set alight at Steenberg Railway Station in Cape Town.

Cape Town man dies in shack fire

2018-06-13 11:03

A man has been burnt to death and another person is displaced after two homes burnt down in Kensington, according to Cape Town fire and rescue services.

2 police vehicles torched in Bot River protest

2018-06-07 15:35

Two police vehicles have been set alight by service delivery protesters from New France informal settlement in Bot River, in the Western Cape.

President Cyril Ramaphosa saddened by child deaths in Philippi fire

2018-06-02 22:23

President Cyril Ramaphosa expressed his condolences to the families of the five minors who perished in a fire in Philippi, Cape Town.

Metrorail train fire: Critically-injured mom wasn't supposed to take that train

2018-06-01 05:29

Leigh Jansen has been critically injured and is on a ventilator due to severe smoke inhalation after a suspected arson attack on a train in Cape Town.

Commuter dies, 4 injured in suspected arson attack on Cape Town train

2018-05-30 11:25

One person has died and four are injured after a suspected arson attack on a Metrorail train in Cape Town, officials say.

WATCH: Burning Metrorail train pulls in at station in Cape Town

2018-05-22 09:51

A Metrorail train has pulled into Retreat station in Cape Town with at least two of its carriages on fire.

ANC, DA face off over Tembisa shack fire

2018-05-18 16:01

The DA has accused President Cyril Ramaphosa of being "dreadfully uncaring and highly hypocritical" for speeding off in his "bulletproof convoy while the houses burnt down".

Two dead in suspected gas explosion at KZN house

2018-05-17 10:36

A man and woman have been burnt to death in their home on the northern KwaZulu-Natal coast.

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WATCH: Police search for Strandfontein petrol bombers

2018-05-07 13:45
WATCH: Police search for Strandfontein petrol bombers

Western Cape police have said they were still searching for two suspects seen petrol bombing a house in the Strandfontein suburb of Bayview, Cape Town. Watch.

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Mom and 4-year-old twins die in Uitenhage shack fire

2018-06-14 14:52

A mother and her four-year-old twin boys have died after a fire swept through their informal dwelling in Langa, Uitenhage, according to Eastern Cape police.

Baby burnt to death in fire in Cape Town

2018-06-12 15:19

Two children have been burnt to death after they were reportedly left alone at home in Colorado Park in Cape Town.

Fire that killed 5 boys: 'Mother was heard screaming, we couldn't help,' say neighbours

2018-06-03 22:56

The nearest tap was hundreds of metres away from the scene of a fire that gutted shacks that left five boys, including twin toddlers, dead, says a woman living in Masiya informal settlement in Philippi, Cape Town.

Five boys die, 30 people displaced as fire rips through informal settlement in Cape Town

2018-06-02 07:16

Five boys have died after a fire ripped through the Masiya informal Settlement in Cape Town.

Three children burn to death in fire

2018-05-30 13:00

Three children, aged between two and 11, have burnt to death in a shack fire in Spooktown informal settlement in Bekkersdal.

WATCH: Massive blaze at German theme park

2018-05-28 08:04

Seven firefighters have been injured in efforts to put out a massive blaze at Germany's largest amusement park.

Fire on Table Mountain still burning, inaccessible

2018-05-19 13:39

A fire has been burning on the front face of Table Mountain, in a region that is hard to reach for conventional firefighting vehicles, since late on Friday evening.

Ramaphosa, ANC leaders leave the scene as shack catches fire during speech in Tembisa

2018-05-18 10:56

A shack caught fire in the Tswelopele informal settlement as President Cyril Ramaphosa was speaking about the need to electrify the area and provide the residents with decent houses.

Police question 21-year-old woman after 8 die in Khayelitsha fire

2018-05-08 17:49

A 21-year-old woman has been taken in for questioning after the bodies of eight people were found among the remains of three structures that burnt down in Khayelitsha in Cape Town.

8, including 5 children, die in Khayelitsha shack fire

2018-05-07 10:30

Eight people, including five children, have been killed after a fire broke out in the Taiwan informal settlement in Khayelitsha.

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