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Man fatally burns in Selebi-Phikwe house fire

Selebi Phikwe police
Selebi Phikwe police

An elderly man from Di-Stance location in Selebi-Phikwe has died after his one-room house caught fire whilst he was reportedly cooking on Saturday morning.

Selebi-Phikwe Police Station commander, Superintendent Moathodi Makumula, said police received the report at around 11:30am from the deceased’s neighbour.

He said the neighbour told a police response team that he had seen the late 58-year-old fetching water from an outside tap at around 11am. “According to the neighbour, at around 11:30am he saw smoke coming from the deceased’s house,” Makumula explained when confirming the incident.

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