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Fire ravages homes at Eastern Cape's St Francis Bay

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The Kouga Municipality says at least 10 homes have been affected with no injuries reported.

JOHANNESBURG - A fire is raging in the Eastern Cape village of St Francis Bay.Brenton Williams from the Kouga Municipality says it's believed wind caused sparks to fly through the air onto the houses.Williams says the blaze started at 3pm on Thursday afternoon and has been contained.

"The fire is still going but firefighters have contained the fire. Emergency services and close to 100 firefighters are on the ground."Williams adds that firefighters will stay throughout the night. "Firefighters will stay on through the night and an investigation will begin to find out what caused the fire."Seven years ago, a hundred buildings in the town were gutted in a runaway fire.

 

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