Five children who are cousins were burnt beyond recognition at the Itireleng squatter camp near Laudium in Tshwane. The children aged between one and seven died in the tragic incident in the early hours of Sunday morning.
A spokesperson for the City of Tshwane Emergency Services Charles Mabaso said they received a call at 4:26 am this morning about six shacks that have been ravaged by the fire.
“Firefighters arrived on the scene to find multiple shacks engulfed by fire and immediately started with firefighting operations. The remains of five children, who were burnt beyond recognition, were discovered in the ruins of the shacks after the fire was extinguished,” Mabaso said.
Mabaso added that the five children, three boys aged 2, 4, and 6 and two girls aged 7 years old and 17 months old belonged to two sisters. He said it’s alleged that the two sisters left the children alone inside a shack and went drinking at a local tavern.
Source Hararelive
