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Seventy firefighters arrived at the scene on Monday, but had to contend with a change in wind direction before extinguishing the flames at 22:35. (Visoot Uthairam/Getty Images)

Seventy firefighters arrived at the scene on Monday, but had to contend with a change in wind direction before extinguishing the flames at 22:35. (Visoot Uthairam/Getty Images)

At least 500 people were displaced after a fire ripped through Site 5 in Dunoon, Cape Town, on Monday.

The blaze damaged 120 structures.

The spokesperson for the Western Cape's Disaster Risk Management Centre, Charlotte Powell, said an emergency call was received at 16:40 about structures ablaze just off Potsdam Road.

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