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Members of eThekwini Fire and Rescue worked tirelessly to put out a raging fire which broke out at Sim Place informal settlement in Effingham on Tuesday, completely destroying 22 shacks.

Plumes of thick black smoke could be seen for kilometers as 22 shacks went up in flames on Tuesday at an informal settlement in Effingham, Durban.Members of eThekwini Fire and Rescue worked tirelessly to put out a raging fire which destroyed 22 shacks at Sim Place informal settlement in Effingham on Tuesday.

When TimesLIVE arrived at the scene, members of the fire department were scrambling to get down an embankment to the fire which has unleashed plumes of black smoke into the Durban sky. Divisional commander for eThekwini Fire and Rescue Bruce de Gier said no one was injured in the blaze.

 

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