He told the City Times on Friday that he lost everything in the Elm Road fire which engulfed his house at around noon.
Prinsloo said he read a book in the front of the house after he had made something to eat.
Before long he heard a crackling sound and when he walked to the kitchen to investigate, found the entire room on fire.
He ran outside and, with the help of a neighbour’s employee, Boetie Romen, started using buckets filled with water to extinguish the fire.
The size of the blaze prohibited Prinsloo from re-entering the two-bedroom house and the pair fought the blaze from the backdoor for 30 minutes before retreating.
The victim said the fire made its way into the home from long grass which caught alight on the property.
He was admitted to the Netcare Linmed Hospital for smoke inhalation and was discharged on the same day.
Prinsloo said the support has been great following the fire and he hopes to return to his house on August 10.
He will live in a flatlet on the property until such time that he can repair the fire-damaged house.
Prinsloo was still positive about the future. “It is one of those things. It happens,” he said on the day of the ordeal.
“It happens and you can’t stop it. It does not help crying about it now, I just have to focus on what’s ahead.”
He said miracles do happen.
“Yesterday (August 6) when I woke up, I asked the Lord that my wallet would not be burnt in the fire. When I opened the drawer, it was there.
“It (the drawer) was the only thing that was not burnt.”
