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Four men die in Pomona informal settlement fire, Ekurhuleni [SOUND]

# Four men have died after a fire tore through scores of shacks at the EP Malan Informal Settlement in Pomona, outside Kempton Park in Ekurhuleni, this morning. Disaster and Emergency Management Services spokesperson William Ntladi says firefighters received the call shortly before two this morning and rushed to the scene. He says additional crews were activated after a risk assessment revealed the scale of the fire, with scores of shacks affected and many others at risk:

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