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Devastated and with more questions than answers, a family is battling to come to terms with the loss of a three-year-old boy and his grandmother who died in a blaze that gutted their shack in Colchester this week.
The residents spoke of their harrowing ordeal as they walked around what use to be their homes on Monday.
Four people, including three siblings, died in a shack fire allegedly caused by a paraffin stove left unattended in Marathon informal settlement in Germiston on Sunday night.
Primrose, Bedfordview, and Albertina Sisulu fire stations were in attendance with three fire engines.
Ekurhuleni Emergency Services said the children, aged nine, seven, and two, as well as a 43-year-old woman, were burned beyond recognition.