A toddler was killed and eight people were left homeless by a fire in Kuils River on Wednesday, the Cape Town disaster risk management centre said.
Spokesman Wilfred Solomons-Johannes said the blaze broke out in Kuphumleni street, Happy Valley, at about 11am.
He said Avan Dreyer, two, was killed and a five-year-old boy injured in the shack fire.
It was not known what started the fire. - Sapa