Shack fire kills mom and two children
[caption id="attachment_39876" align="alignright" width="405"] SCENE OF TRAGEDY: Misiwe Malunga, a neighbour of the pregnant mother who died with two of her children, aged 2 and 4, stands where their KwaNobuhle shack burnt down. Picture: FREDLIN ADRIAAN[/caption]
A PREGNANT woman and two of her three children died in a shack fire in KwaNobuhle at the weekend.
Nwabisa Mpuntya, 25, Othandwayo, 4, and Azole, 2, died on Saturday as neighbours looked on helplessly.
Mpuntya was seven months pregnant. Her eldest, Philasande, 5, spent the night with a relative.
Yesterday, relatives and neighbours were still battling to come to terms with their tragic deaths.
Police spokesman Warrant Officer Basil Seekoei said no crime was suspected.
"Officials believed the cause of the fire to be an electrical fault. - Mkhululi Ndamase
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