Kids burnt to death inside a one-room house in Limpopo

Three children aged between 2 and 4 were burned beyond recognition inside a one-roomed house at Itsani village, Vhembe District in Limpopo, on Friday. 

Police received a report about a house that was burning with kids inside. They urgently proceeded to the scene of the crime. They found the fire brigades busy extinguishing the fire.

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When the fire was extinguished, it was discovered that three children were burned beyond recognition.

Preliminary investigations revealed that the kids were playing next to the one-room house. It is not clear how the kids ended up inside the house. The cause of the fire is also unknown.

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Provincial Commissioner of Police in Limpopo, Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe, has directed that experts be summoned to assist in the investigation.

She has further directed that the Police should investigate the possibility of charging parents or guardians of these kids with negligence or failure to take care of minors.