The body of a 5-year-old boy was accidentally discovered by his mother as she combed through the rubble of their burnt out home, hours after the fire was put out.
Cape Town - The discovery came as a shock as the family thought the little boy was safe with a neighbour, and they even told the City’s Fire and Rescue Services that no one was in the bedroom at the time of the fire.Mom, Mymoena Meyer, 38, says she was cleaning up on Thursday morning and as she gathered clothes off the floor, she felt something “heavy” underneath.“I screamed for my husband,” she says.Breaking down in tears, the distraught mom said: “I cannot eat and I will never sleep again.
“I looked for him downstairs and everyone said he was safe with a neighbour. I thought my son was safe,” the mother sobs.“They went in to check that the fire was out, and asked if anyone was inside and we said no.She says when the firemen left, she started cleaning up, only to find her youngest child dead.“He was a naughty boy, but everyone loved him because he was always talking to everybody,” says Mymoena.
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