Tshwane fire toll at 7 as shack blaze kills child

Another life has been lost in the third shack fire in Tshwane in less than a month.

- Marizka Coetzer

City of Tshwane emergency services acting spokesperson Zwelithini Mnguni said a six-year-old child suffered fatal burn injuries in a shack fire over the weekend.

EMS responded to a shack fire in Mamelodi on Sunday evening, where three shacks had caught alight.

"The incident was reported to our emergency communication centre at 21.33pm," he said.

"Firefighting resources were immediately dispatched from Mamelodi Fire Station to the scene.

"These included a water carrier and a bush pumper.