Frustrated victims then occupied vacant land nearby
At least two people died, and many others were left homeless after hundreds of shacks burnt down at Blowy informal settlement in Khayelitsha on Sunday night.
The two people who died are believed to be a couple but their families are yet to be notified, a community leader said. On Monday morning, police watched from a distance as some fire victims began to rebuild their shacks on another piece of vacant land a few minutes away, near the Town Two clinic. They refuse to rebuild the shacks at Blowy because they believe the area is too dangerous. Many of them lost their belongings in a fire at Blowy in 2018.
Rhathiya said the fire victims were given food by the Gift of the Givers, but they worried about where everyone would sleep on Monday night.There was a problem processing your submission. Please try again later.
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