SNUFFED OUTER

Lavis parents mourn after wendy house fire claims kids, 10 and 4

- BY MANDILKHE TSHWETE PICS AYANDA NDAMANE AND SUPPLIED

A DEVASTATING fire in Bishop Lavis has claimed the lives of two young children, leaving a family and community in deep mourning.

Lamar Saaiman, aged four, and Shanique Geduld, 10, died in the early hours of Tuesday morning when a blaze engulfed the wendy house where they were asleep.

The children were inside the backyard dwelling on Limpopo Road when the fire broke out at approximately 1.50am.

Their hartseer cousin, Amber Saaiman, described being woken up by a loud explosion.

She says: "I was sleeping in my shack next to my uncle's, when I heard the explosion.

"I thought someone threw a bomb at my place. I grabbed my children and rushed outside, calling for my uncle."

As she ran past the door of the burning wendy house, Amber saw her uncle and his wife emerging, both severely burned.