A mother and her five-year-old daughter have died in a fire in Manenberg, Cape Town, the city’s disaster risk management centre said.
Samantha Oliver, 26, and daughter Shakira succumbed to burn wounds after the fire destroyed two backyard dwellings on Nyosiyabo Street in Tambo Village, Manenberg, spokesman Wilfred Solomons-Johannes said in a statement.
The fire took place on Saturday around 9.30pm. Police were investigating.
Two other fires also took place in the municipality over the weekend.
The first was in Westlake where a backyard dwelling caught alight around 2.45pm on Sunday on Suikerbossie Avenue.
One person was left homeless but no one was injured.
The second was in Samora Machel informal settlement in Phillipi around 12.15am, where four shacks were destroyed and 17 people were left homeless, said Solomans-Johannes.
- Sapa
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