Sleeping baby dies in blaze
2008-08-01 16:07
Johannesburg - A six-month-old baby girl died when flames engulfed her family's Diepsloot shack on Friday, Johannesburg Emergency Services said.
Spokesperson Percy Morokane said the infant was asleep at the Diepsloot informal settlement at 11:00 when the flames were spotted.
It is alleged that the father had left the infant to sleep and had gone to visit a neighbour.
"Fire officials arrived at the scene, fought the blaze and it was finally contained...It did not spread to any of the other shacks," said Morokane.
The cause of the fire and the whereabouts of the baby's mother were not immediately known.
- SAPA