One person has died and more than 4-thousand people have been left homeless after a fire destroyed 200 shacks in Khayelitsha. The cause of fire still unknown at this stage. Courtesy #DStv403
JOHANNESBURG - One person has died and more than 4000 people have been left homeless after a fire destroyed 200 shacks in Khayelitsha.
The cause of fire still unknown at this stage.
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Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security in the City of Cape Town, JP Smith said one person was hospitalised after being assaulted by the community.
Smith said the community believed that the person was the cause of the fire.
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eNCA