Twenty-five families lost their homes due to a fire that was caused by a paraffin primus stove, at Angelo informal settlement on September 30.
According to a community leader of Angelo, Sylvia Letsoalo, the fire started around 21:30.
“The fire started in one shack and was exacerbated by a gas stove cylinder that was in a neighbouring shack. It utterly destroyed the belongings of 25 families in the process and injured one person,” she explained.
She added that all the families have found temporal safe-havens.
The Boksburg Advertiser has sent an enquiry about the fire incident to the City of Ekurhuleni’s Disaster Emergency Management Services Department and is waiting for a response.
Any good Samaritan that is willing to help the families may contact Letsoala, on 072 105 2328.
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