Durban building undergoes damage assessment after devastating fire
Clean-up efforts have begun at Durban's Grey Street Mosque after parts of the building were devastated by a fire.
Monday's blaze is said to have started on the first floor - with flames engulfing seven flats.
Mosque officials say it displaced several families who were staying in the flats.
Firefighters spent two hours trying to bring the inferno under control.
Several people were treated for smoke inhalation by paramedics.
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Chairperson of the mosque, Ahmed Mohamed says officials from the eThekwini Fire Department returned on Tuesday to assess the damage.
"In the next 24 to 48 hours, the mosque should be back and active.
"But for the seven flats that were damaged, I cannot give a time-frame when we will finish the clean-up.
"The people who are living there have been moved to comfortable homes and we are making arrangements for the personnel who were working in the mosque," says Mohamed.
