Kennedy Road fire: Hundreds of Durban homes destroyed in South Africa

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At least one person is known to have died as a fire sweeps through a poor neighbourhood of Durban.

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One person is known to have died in the blaze that tore through the Kennedy Road informal settlement early on Sunday morning, but there are fears that more bodies could be found.

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