Langa, Cape Town fire

A man throws water on a shack fire in Langa Cape Town on Saturday. 2 hours agoCAPE TOWN - Humanitarian aid group Gift of the Givers will remain in Langas Joe Slovo informal settlement where a fire destroyed hundreds of.

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Fire and Rescue Services spokesperson Jermaine Carelse said the fire was reported shortly before 1800.

. The fire which took just under six hours to extinguish. Seventy shacks were destroyed and 197 people left without homes when a fire ripped through an informal settlement in Langa Cape Town on Thursday morning. Mom and child killed in shack fire. Seventy shacks were destroyed by fire in Langa on Thursday morning leaving nearly 200 people without homes.

The City of Cape Towns Fire and rescue Spokesperson Ewald Bosch says 200 people were displaced when at least 50 structures were destroyed on Thursday mornings fire. On 21 March 1985 on the 25th anniversary of the Sharpeville massacre members of the South African Police opened fire on a crowd of people gathered on Maduna Road between Uitenhage and Langa township in the Eastern Cape South AfricaThe crowd had been attending a funeral of one of the six who had been slain by the apartheid police on 17 March 1985. Carelse said the cause of the fire. According to City of Cape Town Mayoral Committee Member for Water and Sanitation Zahid Badrooidien 12 fire engines are currently on the.

12 fire engines hard at work. 1 day agoIn photos. This video shows residents working together fight the fire. Within minutes the blaze engulfed several shacks and quickly began to spread.

18 hours agoCAPE TOWN - Residents of Joe Slovo Informal Settlement in Langa Cape Town are trying to pick up the pieces after a devastating fire gutted their homes last night. According to the Citys Fire and Rescue Services spokesperson Jermaine Carelse the fire reportedly broke out just after 6 pm. A fire broke out early on Saturday evening in the Joe Slovo formal settlement of Langa. Dr Zahid Badroodien Cape Towns MMC for Water and Sanitation said the blaze was contained just before 9pm on Saturday night.

It follows a fire that destroyed around 300 dwellings on the Cape Flats at the weekend leaving 1 200 people homeless. He said 10 fire engines and seven water tankers had been deployed to the scene as well as law enforcement agencies. Western Cape authorities are still trying to find the victims next of kin following the incident. Residents of Joe Slovo Informal Settlement in Langa Cape Town are trying to pick up the pieces after a devastating fire gutted their homes last night.

A fire broke out on Saturday evening in Langas Joe Slovo informal settlement with around 100 homes thought to be damaged by the blaze. Authorities say the fire was finally contained around midnight. 3 hours agoThe Cape Town Disaster Risk Management Centre says it has requested that the provincial Human Settlements Department assist in the rebuilding of homes for residents of the Joe Slovo informal settlement in Langa. Langa shack fire UPDATE Man dies after Langa fire.

A more detailed report will be published later. CAPE TOWN - Humanitarian aid group Gift of the Givers will remain in Langas Joe Slovo informal settlement where a fire. 19 hours agoCity of Cape Towns MMC for Safety and Security Jean-Pierre Smith said the City has established a Joint Operations Centre on-site in Langa. A large fire engulfed an informal settlement in Langa Cape Town on Saturday evening.

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ZahidBadroodien Twitter One person has died as a result of the fires in Langa Cape Town. Lona Myeko holds her six-month-old son Melokuhle while speaking to Ashwin Maxim of the City of Cape Towns disaster risk management centre on Thursday. 4 hours agoFire Destroys 300 Shacks In Langa. No one was injured in the fire which was extinguished just before midnight.

Residents of Joe Slovo Informal Settlement in Langa Cape Town are trying to pick up the pieces after a devastating fire gutted their homes last night. 1 day agoThe fire in Langa Cape Town has resulted in the death of one adult male. 1 hour agoAbout 300 homes were destroyed leaving more than 1000 people displaced. 1 day agoA fire broke out in the Joe Slovo informal settlement in Langa Cape Town and is burning out of control.

Ashraf Hendricks took these photographs and video. Initial estimates are that approximately 300 structures were damaged affecting an estimated 1 200 persons. Jermaine Carelse of the citys fire. 1 day agoCape Town firefighters had their hands full battling a massive blaze that razed an estimated 100 structures in Langa Township.

Large fire destroys Langa homes. The Citys head of Water and Sanitation Dr Zahid Badroodien said in a Facebook post late on Saturday night that the fire had been contained but the situation remained tense. A large fire engulfed an informal settlement in Langa Cape Town on Saturday evening. It took firefighters just less than an hour to bring the fire under control.

2 hours agoCape Town - The City of Cape Town has numerous departments on the ground to assist those affected by a fire that ravaged Langa on Saturday. About 300-shacks were destroyed. Ashraf Hendricks took these photographs and video. A man throws water on a shack fire in Langa Cape Town on Saturday.

About 300-shacks were destroyed in the fire which is said to have started just before 6 oclock on Saturday evening. One person has died in a shack fire in Langa. A more detailed report will be published later. 2 hours agoThe City of Cape Town has asked the public to assist the hundreds of people that have been displaced following a devastating fire that swept through an informal settlement in Langa.