Two family members, a mother (45) and a male child (3) escaped a house fire with minor injuries while five family members perish in the blaze that occurred in Pretoria West, 10 November 2021.
Public information and Liaison Officer, Thabo Charles Mabaso says the Tshwane Emergency Services received the call at proximately 01:30 and dispatched firefighting resources to the incident.
“The first arriving firefighting unit to arrive on the scene found the house fully engulfed by fire, with parts of the roof having collapsed and were informed by by
standers that about five people are still trapped inside the house.
“The information was confirmed by the female patient who escaped the blaze with a minor scratch on the forehead and smoke inhalation.
“She and the child were treated for smoke inhalation and transported to Pretoria West Hospital for further observation,” Mabaso said.
He added that two deceased bodies were shortly discovered after firefighters started with firefighting and the rest of the deceased bodies were recovered as firefighters progressed with firefighting and during cooling down operations and after the fire was extinguished.
“The five deceased included 4 males aged 6, 18, 22 and 24 years and a female aged 46 years. The cause of the fire is still a subject of investigation by fire safety officers and law enforcement agencies,” Mabaso lastly said.
