Zimbabwe: Baby Killed in Hut Fire

6 January 2014

A one year-old baby in Marondera died on New Year's Eve when a hut he was sleeping in was gutted by fire. Mashonaland East assistant provincial police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Tendai Mwanza said Blessing Chiruru of Shonhiwa Village in Igava died when a fire caused by a candle left burning by his elder sister Beloved Mafuka (14) lit something else in the hut.

The sister had gone to a neighbour's house for New Year celebrations and forgot to blow out the candle before she left. It could not be established where the parents of the two children were at the time

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