Weekend fires leaves two dead, seven displaced in Cape Town

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Two people have died and seven others have been displaced after fires raged in areas across Cape Town.

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He said the Gugulethu fire crew responded to the Browns Farm incident soon after they were alerted but the structure was completely gutted.The fire in Wallacedene was responded to by the Brackenfell fire crew after reports came in of informal structures alight in Ntongana Street at about 1am. He said both scenes were handed over to SAPS for investigation and the cause of both fires were not known at this stage.

 

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