Cape Town fires displace 41 people

FIRE-FIGHTERS PUT OUT A FIRE THAT DESTROYED 10 SHACKS IN KHAYELITSHA.08.03.05.PIC GARY VAN WYK/STORY CHRISTINE.

FIRE-FIGHTERS PUT OUT A FIRE THAT DESTROYED 10 SHACKS IN KHAYELITSHA.08.03.05.PIC GARY VAN WYK/STORY CHRISTINE.

Published Oct 8, 2012

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Cape Town - Fires across Cape Town at the weekend left 41 people without homes, the city's disaster risk management centre said on Monday.

Spokesman Wilfred Solomons-Johannes said fires broke out in Lotus River, Bloekombos, Atlantis and Khayelitsha on Saturday.

On Sunday evening, three separate fires blazed through Khayelitsha. Fires were also recorded in Wallacedene and Wesbank.

No casualties were reported.

Sapa

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