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.
An 83-year-old resident of Kazauli Village in the Katima Rural Constituency was left homeless after her house was gutted by fire.
The fire, which was started by one of her grandchildren, spread through the house and caught on the clothes.
The child then ran out of the house.
A fire destroyed the abandoned Edel Date Farm south of Mariental on Friday night.
Heinrich Swapo Ndume, the owner of Octant Investment Pty, which owns shares in the date farm, confirmed that a fire had ripped through the farm, causing major damage.
