Five people — including a two-year-old — died in a house fire in Schoemansville, Hartbeespoort Dam, on Wednesday, said North West police.
Criminal elements were behind the fire that broke out at Kruger Park flats in the Pretoria CBD on Tuesday, Tshwane mayor Gwen Ramokgopa said.
Six people have died in a fire that broke out in the Kruger Park flats in Pretoria. The fire was allegedly started to protest against evictions.
Firefighters battling a raging wildfire in the Sierra Nevada foothills of northern California caught a break early on Friday.
Naturalists are fearing for endangered California condors caught up in a massive two-week-old blaze still sweeping through the scenic Big Sur area.
A ferocious wildfire burning through the Los Padres National Forest continued creeping closer to the tourist town of Big Sur in California on Friday.
Nine people were treated for smoke inhalation after a fire broke out at a factory in Industria on Tuesday, Johannesburg emergency services said.
A mattress factory in Industria caught fire at about 8.30am on Tuesday, Johannesburg emergency services said.