One person died and 70 informal dwellings were destroyed at the weekend when a fire broke out in Masinenge informal settlement in Port Shepstone on KwaZulu-Natal's south coast.
One person died when a fire destroyed 70 shacks in Masinenge in Port Shepstone.One person died and 70 informal dwellings were destroyed at the weekend when a fire broke out in Masinenge in Port Shepstone on KwaZulu-Natal's south coast. The provincial department of co-operative governance and traditional affairs said local authorities responded swiftly to the emergency.
Last month, in the same informal settlement, one person died, 111 households were destroyed and more than 300 people left homeless.
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