{"id":200401,"date":"2019-03-29T13:14:33","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T11:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/200401\/watch-families-left-homeless-45-shacks-burn\/"},"modified":"2019-03-29T16:35:14","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T14:35:14","slug":"watch-families-left-homeless-45-shacks-burn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/03\/29\/watch-families-left-homeless-45-shacks-burn\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Families left homeless as 45 shacks burn down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Numerous families were left homeless when a fire broke out at Delmore informal settlement just after 7am this morning.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to William Ntladi, Ekurhuleni emergency services spokesperson, fire-fighters battled the blaze until around 11am.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Seven fire engines were on site to extinguish the flames and to\u00a0contain the hot spots,&#8221; said Ntladi.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fire destroyed about 45 shacks in Delmore informal settlement this morning, March 29 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zqotJNBQ5f\">pic.twitter.com\/zqotJNBQ5f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Boksburg Advertiser (@BoksburgNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BoksburgNews\/status\/1111584107753074688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fire-fighters battled for hours to contain a blaze that destroyed about 45 shacks in Delmore informal settlement this morning (March 29). <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dLvRQG4peO\">pic.twitter.com\/dLvRQG4peO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Boksburg Advertiser (@BoksburgNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BoksburgNews\/status\/1111586814488395777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>About 45 shacks were destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>Ntladi said the fire broke out a two storey shack before the flames spread.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-200401 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/03\/29\/watch-families-left-homeless-45-shacks-burn\/attachment\/img-20190329-wa0002-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" 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