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Woman dies in shack fire, man hospitalised

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The City of Cape Town’s Fire and Rescue Service received an emergency call at 07:40 about an informal structure that was alight just off Tienie Meyer Bypass, Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson Jermaine Carelse said.

“Bellville’s fire crew was quickly on [the] scene and found a man with third-degree burn wounds and the body of a woman in the structure,” Carelse added.

The man was treated and transported to Tygerberg Hospital.

“The fire was extinguished just after 08:00 and the scene was handed over to the South African Police Service,” he said.

Source: news365.co.za

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