Family die in CT shack fire
02/08/2007 14:02  - (SA)  

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Shack fire kills fifth man Fire razes 26 shacks in Jhb

Cape Town - A three-year-old girl and her parents died in a shack fire in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, on Thursday, police said.

Captain Randall Soffels said the shack caught fire about 01:30.

The little girl, her parents and three siblings were asleep inside the shack at the time.

Stoffels said a paraffin stove might have fallen over, causing the fire in which the girl and her parents, aged 32 and 33, burnt to death.

Two children aged nine and 11 managed to escape, taking their nine-month-old sibling with them.

They ran to a neighbour for help, but when the fire was extinguished their parents and sister had already burnt to death.

The three children were taken to hospital and treated for smoke inhalation. They were then taken to a relative's house.

- SAPA

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