Gauteng has been plagued by a series of devastating fires, with one engulfing an informal settlement in Centurion, another at Mall @55 and a tragic fire in Johannesburg’s CBD this week.

Five children were burnt beyond recognition in a shack fire in Itireleng near Laudium in Pretoria. Their parents have been arrested.

The Machaka sisters face culpable murder charges after negligently leaving their children behind to go drinking

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Five children perished in a shack fire at Itireleng near Laudium in Pretoria. It is alleged that their parents were drinking at a tavern.

Five children were sadly killed in a shack fire in Itireleng informal settlement while their parents were out drinking.

Five children burnt to death after their mothers leave them alone to go drinking at a tavern overnight in Pretoria

A fire that destroyed numerous shacks resulted in the tragic deaths of five children, the mothers were out taverns drinking.

The provincial police spokesperson, Captain Sandra Janse Van Rensburg, said no foul play is suspected, and an inquest docket has been opened.

Firefighters were left exhausted and dehydrated while fighting a fire that was destroying homes in Durban.

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Two children and an adult male were burnt beyond recognition in a shack fire in Mamelodi in the early hours on Wednesday.

The City has urged families to be safe when heating their homes to help prevent home fires, which typically rise during cold months.

Just two weeks shy of the deadly fire, four more shacks caught alight bringing the total number of burnt camps to 41.

According to the Joburg EMS, the visit by MMC Tshwaku is to raise awareness about winter safety following a shack fire that claimed two lives.

The City of Johannesburg Emergency Management Services has urged families to be safe when heating their homes to help prevent home fires.

Two burnt bodies were recovered this morning, Sunday, 4 June, following a destructive shack fire in the wee hours.

Among shack dwellings, fires can be attributed to overturned candles, braziers and paraffin stoves, said MMC Tshwaku.

A two-year-old boy lost his life in a shack that was engulfed by fire this morning in Kingstown informal settlement in Despatch, Gqeberha.

The cause of the fatal fire is yet to be determined, and local police are investigating and have opened an inquest docket.

The mother and father of the children who suffered serious burns managed to escape but all their children perished in the shack fire.

A stepfather reportedly locked himself and three children in a shack before setting it alight. This after he had a fight with the mother

Two minors and their grandmother were found dead following a shack fire in Samora Machel, Cape Town, yesterday.

Just like that, a shack was lifted and moved like furniture to another stand somewhere in South Africa. No removal truck need

Members of the community noticed that the man’s family was trapped inside the burning shack and managed to extinguish the fire and save them.