Three children were among six people who died when five shacks caught alight in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, in the early hours of Saturday. | Lisaleesolomon1
Six people died in a fire in Khayelitsha.The Fire and Rescue department said several structures were burnt.
"Upon arrival, it was found several structures [were] burning, and crews were informed of more than one person unaccounted for," he said. "When I got to the scene there, the houses had already been burnt down, and the forensic pathology was removing the dead bodies."'Black lives don't matter': Khayelitsha residents in limbo over housing project
Khayelitsha Development Forum spokesperson Ndithini Tyhido said the community had once again been"rudely reminded" just how"cruel" the City of Cape Town is. Another six lives were lost senselessly in another shack fire. Some of the victims in last night's inferno accounts for those who were still in a waiting list for the deliberately stalled Silver Town Emergency temporary housing project as was promised in 2018.
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