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The City of Cape Town’s Fire and Rescue Service received an emergency call at 07:40 about an informal structure that was alight just off Tienie Meyer Bypass, Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson Jermaine Carelse said.
“Bellville’s fire crew was quickly on [the] scene and found a man with third degree burn wounds and the body of a woman in the structure,” Carelse added.
The man was treated and transported to Tygerberg Hospital.
“The fire was extinguished just after 08:00 and the scene was handed over to the South African Police Service,” he said.
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