Zimbabweans killed in Crossroads Cape Town fire.
Zimbabweans (3) were among the victims of the Crossroads deadly fire which claimed the lives of five people including 12 months old baby.
Another Zimbabwean Itai Marwa and his partner managed to survive the blaze. A double storey residential building in Imboniso Street, Crossroads caught fire claiming five lives.
Itai Marwa and his partner were the only survivors of the fire, which killed Oscar “Oskido” Chume, 1, and his parents, Obvious Chume, 25, and Melissa Moyo, 21, on Monday night.
The names of the other victims were not released yesterday.
Narrating the incident, Itai Marwa revealed that he and his partner were still in shock of the incident.
“Everything happened so fast, I still can’t believe I am alive. I heard people knocking on the door and I thought it was people trying to come in and steal.
“When I opened the window, all I could see was a huge cloud of smoke coming from downstairs, and I heard people screaming and shouting our names.
“I woke my wife and I quickly dressed. I tried to take the stairs so that I could wake the others, but I couldn’t. The passage was filled with smoke, I couldn’t breathe properly. I then turned back to rescue my wife; she jumped through the window. And I followed her.
“When I shouted their (the residents’) names no one responded, and that is when it crossed my mind that the fire killed them. We were able to escape because the rooms upstairs do not have window burglar bars.
“The windows downstairs all have burglar bars. I lost everything I had”
The five victims were foreign nationals and the adults had rented converted flats in the building.
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