Somber Christmas for 400 residents after Hillview informal settlement fire
About 400 residents of the Hillview informal settlement, near Muizenberg, have been left displaced after a massive fire on Sunday.
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About 400 residents of the Hillview informal settlement, near Muizenberg, have been left displaced after a massive fire on Sunday.
Relief aid group, Gift of the Givers said more than 1,000 residents were left homeless by the Saturday blaze.
The provincial government said it would be illegal for it to provide the material to the informal settlement’s community – many of whom are now destitute following a destructive fire – because the land is privately owned.
Joburg emergency management services said the Friday overnight blaze - whose cause is yet unknown, gutted at least 30 informal settlement structures.
About 2,000 people have been displaced and hundreds of shacks gutted after a fire broke out on Saturday night.