More than 200 people have been displaced after devastating fires ripped through the Dunoon informal settlement on Friday morning. | Lisaleesolomon1
More than 200 people have been displaced following a devastating fire in the Dunoon informal settlement.More than 200 people have been displaced after devastating fires ripped through the Usasaza Street section of Dunoon informal settlement in the Western Cape on Friday morning.
No fatalities were recorded, but two firefighters sustained injuries, with one suffering minor burn wounds to his hand. He was treated at the scene.Supplied by Gift of the Givers "But then I saw people running into the streets. I went see what was happening and that's when I saw the fire was already close to me. I lost everything in that fire. I was too late to grab anything inside."
Nwabisa Ningi, 23, said she heard people shouting ''fire'' while she was still busy inside the house."From the time I opened the door to see what the commotion was, to when I turned back to get some things from the house, the flames had already engulfed part of my home," Ningi said.