Cape Town - At least four guests died and seven were injured in a backpackers hostel fire in Cape Town on Friday, said Western Cape police.
The fire broke out at 05:00 at Two Oceans Backpackers on Loop Street, said Superintendent Andre Traut.
Eyewitness News reported that four bodies had been recovered.
Seven guests were being treated for injuries, four of them serious, said Traut.
The hostel accommodation was full to capacity at the time of the incident.
"We're now looking at the circumstances around the incident and to determine whether someone was at fault. And to determine what killed the guests," said Traut.
- SAPA
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