House burnt to ashes with no water to stop the fire


One of the houses in Hammanskraal (Temba) got exposed to the fire. The community had long been complaining about poor service delivery in their area but no one bite back to their complains, due to shortage of water in the community, no one was able to assist, they all tried to pure soil to stop the house from burning but the fire burnt even more.

Mmule Medupe (48), who is the owner of the house, said it was late around 5pm, on her way to get home from work, “I received a call from my neighbour telling me that my house was burning, I had no idea of what was going on as I was shocked and frustrated”.
The six room house together with the garage was burnt to ashes. Some of the community members stated that, no one utters what really caused the fire but Mmule’s son is always under the influence of drugs due to that, they suspect him.

Community members assisted where they could, they tried calling the Fire fighters to help stop the fire but with the delay, the fire ended up burning everything. Some even promised to donate what they have to the family.

Officer Malatji from Temba South African Police Service (SAPS) said the police tried all they could to assist but due to many people calling they were not able to arrive in time, “we still investigating the matter”, says Malatji.


Lizzie Papo, one of the community member said “We all blame the municipality for the delays, if there was water we could have stopped the fire, now our lives are at risks we can’t even help when there are tragedies like this”.

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