About 30 residents of Aussenkehr, whose reed houses were destroyed by a fire two weeks ago, are still being housed in tents.  

The blazing fire displaced 57 households and claimed a life. 

A Zambian truck driver narrowly escaped death at the Ngoma border post in the Zambezi Region when his parked truck caught fire while he was sleeping. 

The driver is reported to have arrived at Ngoma Post Tuesday morning from Zambia via Botswana in transit to Walvis Bay, transporting copper.

A fire erupted on the upper floor of a hostel building at Ella Du Plessis High School on Wednesday morning. 

The City of Windhoek's fire brigade successfully extinguished the flames. 

Earlier this year, the students were moved from this building as it was declared unfit for habitation.

A fire broke out at the Directorate of Water Supply and Sanitation Coordination in Rundu, destroying more than N$360,000 worth of water infrastructure.

The senior administrative officer in that directorate, Josef Shinkanda, says what caused the fire is still unknown.

Two families in Kongola have lost everything in a fire that started while they were at church.

Nora Samba, a 38-year-old woman from Tulikonge Village in the Mwanzi area, is the most affected after all three houses in her courtyard burned to ashes.

The fire that ravaged several shacks at Walvis Bay last night has prompted residents to make fresh demands for serviced land. Families on Khomas Hochland Street were left destitute last night after a shack fire ravaged their homes and belongings.

Twenty-six shacks were ravaged by fire last night at Tutaleni in Walvis Bay.

Residents in the Khomas Hochland street at Tutaleni Walvis Bay were rudely awakened by a huge fire that started from one of the shacsks.

Another devastating fire broke out in Tulinawa, Swakopmund's Mondesa residential area, leaving 23 residents homeless after about six dwellings burned to ashes.

The fire was caused by a gas stove explosion, and fortunately, there were no reported casualties or injuries in the incident.

Two children were lucky to emerge alive after a shack fire broke out at the One Nation informal settlement in Windhoek's Tobias Hainyeko Contiuency on Monday afternoon.

The two children, aged three and ten, were reportedly on their own when the incident occurred.

Two siblings, aged 17 and 12 years old, from Kikiya Village in the Zambezi Region, died last night when the mud room they were sleeping in caught fire.

The deceased were identified as Morris Sikunga Samuya and Lewis Munali Samuya.