Four children have been hospitalised with life-threatening burn wounds after a shack fire in Lwandle on Sunday (10 November).
According to Jermaine Carelse, spokesperson for the City of Cape Town’s Fire and Rescue Service, firefighting crews responded to the blaze following an emergency call of an informal structure alight in Noxolo Road at 22:45. Units from Strand, Sir Lowry’s Pass and Mitchells Plain fire stations were dispatched to the scene.
“Firefighters contained the blaze to only one structure by 23:10. However, four minors, aged three and 10, and two 11-year-olds, sustained serious burn wounds and were transported to Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital for medical treatment,” said Carelse.
“The cause of the fire is yet to be determined.”
