Cape Town - A man died in a shack fire in Khayelitsha, the City of Cape Town's disaster risk management centre said on Tuesday.
He was apparently overcome by smoke and sustained severe burn wounds, spokesman Wilfred Solomons-Johannes said.
The fire, which broke out on Monday, was caused by a faulty heater. Six shacks were destroyed, leaving six people homeless.
Sapa
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