Man killed in Ekurhuleni shack fire
A man in his early thirties died in a shack fire at the Makausi informal settlement near Primrose on the East Rand.
Multiple homes caught alight in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Ekurhuleni Disaster and Emergency Management Services spokesperson William Ntladi says the department received a call just after midnight.
"On arrival, several shacks were already on fire, threatening the rest of the others in the proximity. A total of eight shacks were burnt down, and in that inferno, a partially burnt body of an adult male was discovered in one of the shacks.
"Gauteng provincial government ambulance services' paramedics were on scene, and the patient was declared deceased. The cause of the fire is undetermined.
"The South African Police Services were on scene and received incident responsibilities for the body removal and fire cause investigation."
In June, at least 10 people died due to shack fires in the metro.
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