Man killed in Mhlasini informal settlement blaze

Man killed in Mhlasini informal settlement blaze

Police in Verulam have launched an investigation after a 29-year-old man was killed in a fire in Mhlasini, north of Durban.

Man killed in Mhlasini informal settlement blaze
RUSA

Sunday's blaze destroyed at least three informal dwellings.


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"It was reported that three shacks caught fire and a person who was inside one of the shacks was burnt and died at the scene. 

 

"The cause of the fire is unknown at this stage," says the police's Robert Netshiunda.

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