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Three people burned beyond recognition in a shack fire at Kosovo informal settlement<\/a> in Samora Machel this morning. At least six shacks were destroyed which left 14 persons displaced. The cause of the incident is unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A shack fire victim, Nombulelo Thangana, said the incident started after 03:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI can\u2019t lie. I don\u2019t know what caused the shack fire. I was sleeping. I heard people shouting fire, fire and when I went out to check my neighbour\u2019s shack was already overwhelmed by the flames,\u201d she said, adding that she lost everything in the shack fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Community leader Lonwabo Jako said the deceased are relatives. \u201cThere is one guy who is staying here (where the incident occurred). So, according to the information that we received it seems they were socialising yesterday (Sunday 5 October) as homeboys somewhere within the area. Because they were drunk the other two said they would sleep over at his place. But what caused the shack fire we don\u2019t know for now,\u201d said Jako.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The City\u2019s Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson Jermaine Carelse <\/a>said they were alerted at around 03:05 this morning of informal structures alight at Kosovo informal settlement in Philippi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSeveral crews were on scene and firefighters managed to extinguish the blaze by 04:30. Our initial estimate is that six structures were destroyed, leaving 14 persons displaced. The bodies of three persons, gender and ages unknown, were discovered at around 04:20 with fatal burn wounds,\u201d said Carelse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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