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Mop up operations underway after fire destroyed informal structures in Cape Town

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The City of Cape Town’s Water Sanitation and Informal Settlements Department is currently cleaning up the Sewende Laan informal settlement in Valhalla Park, where a fire  gutted more than 100 informal structures on Tuesday.

Around 600 people were left homeless after the blaze ripped through the area. 20 trucks and two digger loaders are being used to remove the rubble and  charred debris from the site.

On Thursday the City will be issuing starter kits to the hundreds of people affected by the fire to rebuild their homes.

Corrugated iron sheets, wood and plastic are some of the materials that are being removed.

Ward Councillor, Jonathan Cupido says the residents are being accommodated in a community centre and a school in the area while they rebuild.

They are  also receiving hot plates of food.

He says they plan on relocating the residents of Sewende Laan to a new housing project in Valhalla Park, once it is completed.

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