Two boys aged nine and 12 burnt to death in a shack fire in an informal settlement in Kliptown on Tuesday night, emergency management services said.
The boy’s father apparently locked them in the shack with a burning candle before going out at about midnight, spokesperson Malcolm Midgley said.
”The mother returned just before midnight and found the shack on fire. Firefighters were called and found the remains of the two boys.”
The incident happened in a part of the settlement known as the ”Chicken Farm”.
The case has been handed to police, Midgley said. — Sapa