# The City of Cape Town says over the past 12 months, there was a reduction in the number of residential fires and related fatalities. Residential fire statistics for the 2024/2025 financial year, recorded three-thousand-773 informal residential fires and formal residential fires and 166 fatalities across Cape Town. Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, JP Smith says the overall number of fires dropped by 10-percent while fatalities dropped by 25-percent: