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A man died in a shack fire in an informal settlement in Cape Town on Saturday evening, the city's fire and rescue service said.

A team of fire fighters was dispatched to the Marikana informal settlement in Philippi just after 10pm, said spokesperson Jermaine Carelse.The fire was extinguished just before midnight.

 

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