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News24 | Fires ravage Western Cape informal settlements, leaving 2 dead, hundreds homeless

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A blaze that swept through the New Rest-Egoli informal settlement in Wellington has claimed the life of a woman, destroyed more than 200 homes, and left more than 800 people homeless.

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News24 | Fires ravage Western Cape informal settlements, leaving 2 dead, hundreds homeless

A blaze that swept through the New Rest-Egoli informal settlement in Wellington has claimed the life of a woman, destroyed more than 200 homes, and left more than 800 people homeless.

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New Rest Informal Settlement fire claims two lives - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.

Two people have died in a fire that swept through the New Rest Informal Settlement in Wellington early on Sunday morning. The fire has destroyed nearly 200 structures, leaving over 800 people displaced. The Drakenstein Municipality’s fire and rescue service is still on-site battling flare-ups, while the police and the forensics department search for missing family members. Humanitarian aid organisation, Gift of the Givers, arrived early in the m…

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