Two devastating fires in Pretoria and Johannesburg over the past weekend has left thousands of people without shelter and at least one person dead.
One person was tragically killed when a fire broke out at the Cemetery View informal settlement in Pretoria Check out our interviews on Briefly TV Life now!
Two others were also taken to hospital after a fire ripped through the settlement in the early hours of Saturday morning, 21 September 2024.The following morning, many tried to erect new shelters so that they would not have to spend another night exposed to the elements.spokesperson Xolile Khumalo said the fire broke out in the evening, but the cause of the blaze was unknown.
“The building status is not available, but it is partitioned into shacks. All shacks inside the building were destroyed by fire, causing the roof to collapse. One person suffered minor injuries and was taken to hospital," he said. Numerous fires have broken out in the Johannesburg CBD in recent times, as vagrants take over abandoned builds that are not fit for anyone to live in.Byron Pillay is a Current Affairs Editor at Briefly News. He received a Diploma in Journalism from the Caxton Cadet School. He spent 11 years covering a wide variety of news as a community journalist, including politics, crime and current affairs.
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