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The blaze wiped out the entire Carstens household. Danè Carstens and her two sons Magiel and Pierre-Johan all died in the fire. Hendri Carstens succumbed to his injuries at the Christiaan Barnard Hospital in Cape Town on Sunday evening, a family wrote on Facebook.Image: 123RF/Thuansak Srilao
CARSTENS

‘Our hearts are broken’: tears for families after Kalahari lodge fire

“No-one deserves to die in such a traumatic manner. Our hearts are broken. We are lost for words.” These are the words of a friend of Wilmien Davin — who lost her children Frans-Jan and Eliza (Iza) in a horrific fire at the Blinkwater…

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The blaze wiped out the entire Carstens household. Danè Carstens and her two sons Magiel and Pierre-Johan all died in the fire. Hendri Carstens succumbed to his injuries at the Christiaan Barnard Hospital in Cape Town on Sunday evening, a family wrote on Facebook.Image: 123RF/Thuansak Srilao
NORTHERN CAPE

Eight people die after fire engulfs holiday lodge in Kalahari

Eight people died when the lodge in which they were staying went up in flames in Witdraai in the Northern Cape on Sunday. A child remains unaccounted for amid concern that he died in the fire, said police spokesperson Brigadier Mohale…

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