Firefighters faced a tough battle extinguishing a raging fire at a shack settlement in Sir Kurma Reddi Road in Clairwood south of Durban on Sunday morning.
Firefighters and multiple water carriers were dispatched to the scene to try to bring the blaze under control
Rescue Care’s spokesperson Garrith Jamieson said one male aged 30 was treated for burns to his arms and his face after rushing to try to save his belongings from the inferno
A number of shacks were burnt down.
Jamieson reported that despite the ferocity of the blaze, shortly before 12 noon it had been brought under control. The injured man was taken to hospital for treatment.
In July The Mercury reported that 170 residents were left homeless when a fire tore through an informal settlement on Kennedy Road.
Five young girls lost their lives in two fires on one day in the city early in June.
The girls – all aged 6 and younger – had allegedly been left unattended by their parents when their homes went up in flames.
One of the fires was in Wyebank, while the second was in Westham, Phoenix.