- Four people were injured and 100 homes destroyed after a fire broke out in KwaMashu.
- Paramedics and firefighters are at the scene.
- Firefighters are still busy battling the blaze.
Four people have been injured and about 100 homes have been destroyed after a fire broke out in KwaMashu, north of Durban on Monday.
A fire in KwaMashu on Monday injured four people and destroyed 100 dwellings.
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According to KwaZulu-Natal Emergency Medical Services, paramedics and firefighters were currently at the scene in A section in KwaMashu, where a fire broke out in the informal settlement.
Fire being extinguished in KwaMashu.
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“Approximately 100 informal dwellings have already been destroyed in the blaze,” EMS spokesperson Robert McKenzie said.
A fire broke out in A section in the KwaMashu informal settlement, north of Durban.
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So far, paramedics have treated four patients who sustained minor injuries in the blaze.
McKenzie said firefighters were still battling the blaze on Monday afternoon.
Approximately 100 dwellings burnt down in a fire in KwaMashu, north of Durban.
SuppliedPHOTO: Supplied by Robert McKenzie/KZN EMS