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Two patients, including rape convict, died in the fire

Cigarette suspected to have caused hospital blaze

A cigarette is suspected to have caused a fire at a Limpopo hospital which led to the death of two patients yesterday morning.

According to health department officials, who wished to remain anonymous because they are not authorised to speak with the media, one of the surviving patients allegedly was smoking a cigarette in the Covid-19 ward...

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