Thursday, December 14, 2006

Family of five killed in Eastern Cape fire

Five people, including four children, have been burnt to death in their house at Libode in the Eastern Cape.

Sherine Reddy, a police spokesperson, says the victims were asleep in their house when it caught fire. She says the cause of the fire is not yet known. Reddy says an old man was with his grandchildren - aged seven, four, three and a six-month-old baby boy.

She says police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the cause of the fire. SABC

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