Overview
- Preliminary Disaster Risk Management findings indicate approximately 25 structures destroyed and about 80 people displaced in Imizamo Yethu, updating earlier estimates.
- Gift of the Givers is conducting on-the-ground assessments and delivering immediate aid in Hout Bay, with teams also deployed to a second Mbekweni fire in Paarl and an active incident in Vygieskraal, Manenberg.
- Additional overnight fires were reported in Sir Lowry’s Pass, where five structures were lost and 30 people displaced, and in Blikkiesdorp, Delft, where eight structures were destroyed and 44 residents displaced.
- SASSA and the Department of Social Development have been notified to provide relief as the City clears debris and restores services, including water repairs and electricity in Imizamo Yethu, with Tula Tula and Mustadafin assisting affected families.
- Emergency and humanitarian resources are stretched across several locations, prompting renewed calls for stronger fire prevention and disaster-management measures in vulnerable settlements.