A woman and her one-year-old baby burnt to death when a fire broke out in their shack at the Lwandle informal settlement near Strand on Sunday, Cape Town disaster management officials said.
The fire broke out at about 5am and the only survivor in the fire - the child's father - sustained burn wounds and was rushed to hospital.
"The 22-year-old mother and the child were burnt beyond recognition. The cause of the fire is not yet known," said the head of disaster management, Wilfred Solomons-Johannes. - Sapa
The fire broke out at about 5am and the only survivor in the fire - the child's father - sustained burn wounds and was rushed to hospital.
"The 22-year-old mother and the child were burnt beyond recognition. The cause of the fire is not yet known," said the head of disaster management, Wilfred Solomons-Johannes. - Sapa
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