Family loses everything in fire

MOKOPANE - Samuel Chueu and his family were completely caught off guard last Thursday night as an unexplained fire gutted their house in Nylpark.

What once was a lovely double storey house in Wildebees Street now remains in debris. The Chueu’s three children and their 26-year-old child minder were inside the house when they realised they were surrounded by smoke. Their parents were in Marble Hall at the time the fire broke out. The street was the occupant’s only option to escape the fiery flames that within seconds spread throughout the whole house,
explained Chueu, the owner of the house.

Fire marshalls were able to extinguish the fire but the damage was to such an extend that only the family’s double garage remained unaffected.

The family’s despair turned to relief as the newly-elected Mayor of the Mogalakwena Municipality, Malesela Parks Sebatjane provided them with temporary shelter after being left homeless. Sebatjane also promised to provide the family with food parcels for time being.

An investigation to the cause of the fire is underway.