FIVE children have died in a shack fire at Itireleng informal settlement in Tshwane in the early hours of Sunday morning, 27 August.
Two sisters allegedly left the kids alone in one shack and went out to booze at a nearby tavern.
According to City of Tshwane Emergency Services spokesman, deputy chief Charles Mabaso they responded to an incident where five children died when about six shacks were ravaged by a fire in Itireleng informal settlement.