Person Injured As Informal Settlement Burns.

One person has been injured after trying to put out a fire at a informal settlement in Bellair road this morning.

ER24 Discovery Medicopter flew over the scene and notified the ER24 ground crew and other emergency services of the fire that was taking place. Once paramedics arrived on the scene, they found shacks well alight and community members trying to extinguish the fire. People were also trying to salvage their belongings.

A man who sustained partial burns was treated by emergency personnel before being transported to a nearby hospital in a stable condition for further medical care.

The cause of the fire is still not yet know but the necessary authorities were on the scene and would investigate the incident.