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The City of Cape Town’s Fire and Rescue Services says one person has died in a shack fire in the Klipheuwel informal Settlement near Durbanville on Monday night.
Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson, Jermaine Carelse, says the man’s body was discovered after the fire was contained.
He says the blaze has destroyed several shacks and seven people have been displaced.
“We had crews from Kraaifontein, Brackenfell, Bellville and Brooklyn on the scene. By 02:20 firefighters managed to extinguish the blaze that destroyed six informal structures and left approximately 11 persons displaced.”
VIDEO | In February another informal settlement was destroyed by fire:
www.sabcnews.com, https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/one-person-killed-in-durbanville-shack-fire/
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