Two young boys aged four and seven years old have died in a fire in Bishop Lavis on Thursday, 5 May.
According to the City’s Fire and Rescue Services spokesperson Jermaine Carelse, firefighters were alerted to the fire in Arthur Abrahams Avenue just before midnight.
Carelse said, when crews from Belhar and Epping arrived on the scene, they were informed that two boys were believed to be inside the house.
“As firefighting and search and rescue operations continued, the bodies of the two boys were found.
“Crews managed to contain and extinguish the fire just before 00:40,” Carelse said.
Carelse further mentioned that the dwelling was severely affected by the fire while another two dwellings sustained minimal damage.
Meanwhile, the cause of the fire is unknown and the scene was handed over to the South African Police Service for a further investigation.
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