Eight people‚ including four children‚ have died and four others were injured in a fire that engulfed an orphanage in Durban.
The fire spread rapidly through the orphanage at Parlock‚ north of Durban‚ in the early hours of Thursday morning.
KwaZulu-Natal EMS spokesman Robert McKenzie told TMG Digital: “There were eight fatalities at the scene. The victims’ age between eight and 21 years old. Also four people were injured‚ they sustained between minor and serious injuries from smoke inhalation and cuts and lacerations and they have been taken to hospital.
“The exact cause of the fire is not known. We responded there just after 2.20am‚” he said.
KZN emergency services‚ the fire department‚ metro police and SAPS were on scene.
More to follow.
– TMG Digital