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Human Settlements MMC Carl Pophaim says the city needs quick access to funding to assist fire victims with building kits within 24 to 48 hours, like it could when it managed relief provision.
Residents in Town Two in Khayelitsha are on Tuesday picking up the pieces and rebuilding their shelters after a fire ripped through the informal settlement on Sunday evening. More than 500 people were left displaced and two people died in the blaze.
More than 500 people were left displaced and two people died in the blaze.
Frustrated victims then occupied vacant land nearby
Two people have died and more than 500 people have lost their homes following a devastating fire in Town Two in Khayelitsha on Sunday evening. Humanitarian aid organisation, Gift of the Givers, responded to provide meals and water for the affected community.