Everything was destroyed in a fire which broke out on Sunday morning in Wyebank.
The screams of children calling for their mom from a burning shack will forever be a painful memory for a Wyebank family and their neighbours in KwaZulu-Natal, Highway Mail reports.
Six-year-old twins with their little three-year-old sister died after a fire broke out on Sunday morning.
A close family member stated that although they were not 100 percent sure, they suspected the stove was left on and that started the fire.
Burnt-down property
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“One of my nephews saw the smoke and, when he went outside, there was smoke all over and the shack which is outside the main house was engulfed in flames.
“He tried to break down the door with the help of the neighbours, but it was all in vain as the flames were massive and the children were killed in the fire with everything in the two-room shack.”
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