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Mom and three children killed in devastating Langa blaze
Cape Times
|December 02, 2025
A LANGA mother and her three young children died when they were trapped inside their home during a devastating fire in the Siyahlala Informal Settlement.
MOM Asavela Seti.
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The fire broke out around 4am yesterday, when Asavela Seti, 38, and her one-year-old twin daughters and a five-year-old son were unable to escape their home as blaze swept through the community.
An estimated 15 structures were destroyed.
Heartbroken sister Pumza Seti said the incident has left the family devastated.
“We got the news after 4am that my sister’s place is burning and that she and her children were still inside.
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