{"id":678451,"date":"2019-08-11T12:33:19","date_gmt":"2019-08-11T12:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"26\">A unidentified man was burnt to death after a number of shacks caught fire in the Marikana informal settlement, in Sheffield, Western Cape, on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" d"},"modified":"2019-08-11T12:33:19","modified_gmt":"2019-08-11T12:33:19","slug":"south-africa-man-dies-in-marikana-informal-settlement-shack-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/11\/south-africa-man-dies-in-marikana-informal-settlement-shack-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa: Man Dies in Marikana Informal Settlement Shack Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"26\">A unidentified man was burnt to death after a number of shacks caught fire in the Marikana informal settlement, in Sheffield, Western Cape, on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"20\">City of Cape Town fire and rescue service spokesperson Jermaine Carelse said rescue services responded to the scene around 22:30.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"15\">&#8220;Five firefighting appliances, a rescue vehicle and 21 staff members were on scene,&#8221; Carelse said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"36\">&#8220;The Officer in Charge were notified upon his arrival that one person was unaccounted for. 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