Investigations are underway to determine the cause of a fire that claimed the lives of a three-year-old boy and his 60-year-old grandfather who were killed in a house fire that engulfed their Brookdale home in Phoenix on Monday, 14 November.
KZN VIP spokesperson Gareth Naidoo said the incident occurred just after 10.30am. He said KZN VIP Medics and security response teams were immediately dispatched to the scene after receiving multiple calls for assistance for a fire in Coralbrook Place, Brookdale on Monday morning. “Upon arrival of KZN VIP a few residents of the area had already gathered hosepipes and attempts were being made to try and extinguish the fire. The resident then informed us that they were two residents in the house and that there were unsuccessful in getting them out due to the structural collapse of the house, as a result of the extensive heat,” said Naidoo. He added: “After several attempts to put out the fire sadly the three-year-old male child and an adult male in his 60s were both declared deceased at the scene after the fire department managed to extinguish the fire. All emergency services were at the scene which was cordoned off and handed over to
SAPS Phoenix. The circumstances leading to the incident could not be confirmed at this stage.” Senior Divisional Commander Birjalal of the eThekwini Fire Department, said they received a call at approximately 10.49am about house fire in Coralbrook Place, Brookdale, Phoenix. The fire department unit responded to the scene within minutes and noticed that the house was already engulfed in flames. We received that there were two occupants inside the premises at the time of the fire, unfortunately by the time that the first responders went inside the house the two occupants were declared deceased.”
