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A 31-year-old mother and her two children were killed in a shack fire early on Friday morning. Police said it happened at Klarinet Extension 3 in eMahlaleni, Mpumalanga. “The mother could have left a two-plate stove on, and it is suspected that the family might have been using the stove …

A two-year-old was one of four victims burnt to death in a shack fire in George in the early hours of Sunday morning, police reported. The toddler, two women and a man were all burnt beyond recognition in the fire at about 3am on Sunday in Thembalethu, SAPS said in …

Three people were confirmed dead in separate shack fires across Cape Town in the early hours of Sunday morning. City of Cape Town fire and rescue services spokesperson Jermaine Carelse said the first fire they responded to was in Scottsdene, Kraaifontein, just after midnight. Carelse said four fire engines, two …