The City of Cape Town’s Fire and Rescue Services reported it received an emergency call at 7.33am. Emergency teams rushed to NY61 in Gugulethu, which is adjacent to Phola Park, and found several shacks on fire. They put out the blaze at 8.31am but rather a bit late as a man and a boy were killed in the fire

“Going through debris, firefighters made the grisly discovery of the two bodies in one of the shacks. By that time police had arrived on the scene, and took over from the Fire and Rescue Service,” said Jermaine Carelse, Fire and Rescue Services spokesperson.

“The City said the cause of the fire was unknown.”

This is the second deadly shack fire this week. On Monday, a fire in Delft South killed a nine month-old twin boys.

The fire gutted through a backyard dwelling in Stamperhout street, Belhar in Delft South. Police have reportedly taken into custody the parents of the two infant boys, who, according to their landlord, were not at home at the time of the fire.