One person has been killed, while a child has been reported missing after a blaze swept through the Kennedy Road informal settlement in KZN on Sunday morning.
Fire guts over 500 homes in Kennedy Road Informal Settlement
One person has been killed and a child is missing following a fire in Kennedy Road informal settlement in eThekwini, KZN.Those on the ground, however, estimate it to be 1000 homes that were razed. One person has died while a child is missing after a blaze swept through the Kennedy Road informal settlement in eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal in the early hours of Sunday morning.
According to eThekwini Municipality spokesperson Lindiwe Khuzwayo, their firefighting team responded to a request for assistance at about 03:00. "We estimate that about 500 shacks were destroyed. Tragically, one adult is deceased and a child is missing," said Khuzwayo.The City's Emergency and Disaster teams, along with Gift of the Givers, are on the scene assisting families.Gift of the Givers spokesperson Bilal Jeewa estimated that about 1000 dwellings were destroyed by the fire."What we have gathered from the community is that two people who had been drinking got into an argument.
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