Two people died in a fire at Marianhill outside Durban on Wednesday morning after a shack in an informal settlement caught alight.
eThekwini fire and emergency services divisional commander Dennis Govender told TimesLIVE a man and a woman were declared dead at the scene in the Uganda informal settlement.
“We are investigating the cause of the fire. The shack is totally gutted.
“It appears there was a delay in a call for assistance, possible because of inaccessibility to phones.”
TimesLIVE
Two die in Durban shack fire
Image: REUTERS/Gene Blevins
Two people died in a fire at Marianhill outside Durban on Wednesday morning after a shack in an informal settlement caught alight.
eThekwini fire and emergency services divisional commander Dennis Govender told TimesLIVE a man and a woman were declared dead at the scene in the Uganda informal settlement.
“We are investigating the cause of the fire. The shack is totally gutted.
“It appears there was a delay in a call for assistance, possible because of inaccessibility to phones.”
TimesLIVE
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