Ekurhuleni fire claims two lives, including a four-year-old boy
The authorities in Ekurhuleni have discovered the bodies of two people including that of a four-year-old boy in a double-storey house that caught fire in Edenvale in the early hours of Saturday morning.
A nine-year-old girl is reported to have escaped without injuries.
The City of Ekurhuleni’s spokesperson, William Ntladi says, “On arrival, the top section of the double-storey house was engulfed by flames, roof materials had already collapsed.
Fire suppression initiated immediately, preventing further structural damage.” “Two charred bodies of male in his fifties and that of a four-year-old child, were discovered both in one room.
As per information received, there were only three people in the house at the time of the fire.
The third person, a daughter of nine years apparently escaped unharmed and was whisked away from the scene by neighbours.
The actual cause of the fire is still a subject of investigations,” adds Ntladi.
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