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The unexplained fire has left the Mogorosi family in ruins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lerato Mogorosi says all their property, including essentials such as identity documents and birth \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>certificates, were burned to ashes. The other family members are mother Dimakatso Mogorosi, Mojabeng and Keamogetse. The four made a daring escape from the blaze that engulfed their home in the early hours of 27 October. They escaped unharmed with only the clothes they were wearing when going to sleep.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lerato says her sister, the first to hear a loud bang at around 03:30, woke everybody up. Following the loud bang, the house filled with smoke. 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