Hundreds displaced after fire rips through Plastic View
About 500 people have been left homeless after a fire broke out at the Plastic View informal settlement in Woodlands, in the east of Pretoria, on Saturday.
The fire engulfed fifty shacks and left the displaced without any personal belongings.
The cause of the fire is not yet known.
The city's Social Development Department will assist with relief for the affected residents.
Tshwane Mayor Solly Msimanga visited the scene on Saturday and called on residents to assist with any relief they can.
WATCH: Executive Mayor of Tshwane, Solly Msimanga, calls on good samaritans to assit those displaced by the Plastic View fire.
Mayor @SollyMsimanga in Plastic View where about 50 shacks caught fire. Tshwane Emergency Services on site. @TMPDSafety pic.twitter.com/GTqK9VAD1Z
— City of Tshwane (@CityTshwane) October 6, 2018
Msimanga has also placed the formalisation of informal settlements at the top of his agenda.
"Under Project Tirane, formalisation will go a long way to ensuring that the fires such as the one seen today in Plastic View become a thing of the past," said Msimanga's spokesperson, Samkelo Mgobozi.
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