Just as it started to rain a house in Henri Slegtkamp Street went up in flames.
The incident happened on Sunday evening, November 20 at approximately 20:25.
It’s still unclear how the fire started and what caused the fire inside the house, on the rainy evening.
Three fire trucks from eMalahleni Fire Department arrived on scene shortly after the fire was reported to the offices.
The house in Henri Slegtkamp Street that burnt down on Sunday evening, November 20.
After rolling out all the hose pipes the firemen got to work extinguishing the blaze, while Sector Policing members and AfriForum members controlled the rest of the scene.
At one stage there were reports that there was a child stuck inside the house, but by the time everyone arrived on scene the child managed to get out unharmed and went to the next door neighbour’s house.
An investigation will be done to determine where the fire started and what caused the fire.
By the time the fire fighters had finished extinguishing the fire, the whole house had burnt down.
This family has three small children, a girl of 18-24 months, seven-year- old boy and eight-year- old boy.
A fire fighter that came out of the house after helping to extinguish the fire.
They are staying in the garage at the moment which was not affected by the fire; the family lost everything in the fire that evening.
“At this stage the family needs nappies and everyone in the family needs clothing. They really lost everything they had that evening,” said Ms Sonja Coetzee, house owner.
Coetzee has managed to gather together a few things for the family and someone dropped off a box of food.
“If anyone in the community can help this family out with clothing or anything it would really be appreciated. The items can be dropped off at 10 Henri Slegtkamp Street,” said Coetzee.
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