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Arab News
24-05-2025
- Arab News
Fire in Nairobi informal settlement kills eight
NAIROBI: A fire tore through an informal settlement in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Saturday, killing at least eight people, police fire in the city's Makina area began at around 5:00 am (0200 GMT), said police official Patricia Yegon.'Eight people were burnt to death, while several others were injured,' she said, without specifying how many were cause has not been established, but fires frequently occur in the capital's overcrowded and impoverished informal Kenyan Red Cross said 40 houses were affected before firefighters contained the blaze with the help of the local community.
The Herald
22-05-2025
- General
- The Herald
Boksburg resident dies in blaze, 21 firefighters assembled to limit damage to other shacks
A man in his 60s died in a multiple-shack fire in the Delmore informal settlement, Boksburg, on Wednesday night. William Ntladi from the City of Ekurhuleni emergency services team said a call was logged at about 11pm. 'The primary responding team of firefighters from Primrose fire station rapidly responded to the scene. They were backed up by those from Bedfordview, Germiston and Edenvale fire stations. The backup was activated due to the risk assessment conducted on the scene, with high possibilities of involving the entire informal settlement. 'The fire was spreading at an alarming speed due to wind.' A team comprising 21 firefighters used two attack lines to battle the blaze, Ntladi said. 'Flames were successfully extinguished before gaining momentum to spread to other shacks. 'Ten shacks were damaged in the blaze and an adult male was found under the ashes.' The cause of the blaze is undetermined. Ntladi said fire engines couldn't get close to the scene due to narrow roads in the settlement and self-connected overhead electrical cables which were not high enough to accommodate the size of fire engines. TimesLIVE
