Fires put 100s out on street

GIFT of the Givers has stepped in to assist after a series of devastating fires displaced more than 100 people across multiple informal settlements in Cape Town on Monday night.

- By VOICE REPORTER

Project coordinator Ali Sablay said the organisation responded to calls for urgent assistance from residents in KTC, Gugulethu, as well as in Eerste River and Belgravia.

Sablay says: “In just one night, we received three reports of separate incidents where numerous homes were destroyed

“In KTC, Section 6, Gugulethu, approximately 36 informal homes were gutted, leaving close to 100 people displaced.