Firefighters arrived on the scene to find multiple shacks engulfed by fire.
FIVE children have died in the shack fires at Itireleng informal settlement in Tshwane in the early hours of Sunday morning, 27 August.
According to City of Tshwane Emergency Services spokesman, deputy chief Charles Mabaso they responded to an incident where five children died when about six shacks were ravaged by a fire in Itireleng informal settlement.Get 14 days free to read all the stories on SNL24.com. Thereafter you will be billed R29 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.
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