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Fires kill two and leave scores homeless in Dunoon

Fire and rescue services say they are yet to determine the cause of the separate blazes

Dunoon resident Vuyokazi Jabona died in a shack fire at Newlands informal settlement in the early hours of Sunday. Photos: Peter Luhanga
The family of a Dunoon woman is devastated after they could not save her during a shack fire at Newlands informal settlement in the early hours of Sunday.
Vuyokazi Jabona was one of two people who died in two separate shack fires, less than an hour apart, in Dunoon at the weekend. 35 families were left homeless.
Jabona’s cousin, Anelisa Mpetsheni, told GroundUp they were celebrating a birthday in the early hours of Sunday. Minutes after Jabona went home, Mpetsheni was alerted by neighbours of a fire.
She said they ran and found her cousin trapped inside her…

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