Khayelitsha’s BM section, ravaged by fire on New Year’s day, will be upgraded, the City of Cape Town has said.

Over 60 people have been killed in a fire at a hospital in Kolkata, India, with many victims believed to be patients who died from smoke inhalation.

Twelve people died and 34 have been injured in a fire at a home for the mentally challenged and the elderly in Springs, early on Monday morning.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has declared two days of mourning for 235 people who burned to death when a fuel truck exploded at the weekend.