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Charles Gangasa (64) at the MediClinic in a critical condition after he sustained seri ous burn wounds as he tried to help his daughter light up a gas heater on Friday.. Pinky Mofokeng
SHARPEVILLE. - The winter season is upon us and with it comes the horror of ravaging fires. The Gangasa family cheated death when their rented shack caught fire at Mareneng in Rooisteen. Phindile (34) and her father Charles Gangasa (64) survived the horror incident after a gas heater exploded on Friday afternoon.This incident shocked other tenants who rescued the family from the burning shack. The two were severely burned and taken to a local clinic before the father was admitted to the Medi-Clinic in Vanderbijlpark on the same day. It is believed that 38 tenants are renting at Mareneng and have been living without electricity for more than three months. The tenants claim that they use one gas stove with three bars to prepare food in the owner’s garage. Speaking to Sedibeng Ster, the still horrified Phindile says that she struggled to switch a gas heater on as she
was afraid of the gas fumes. That is when she called her father for help.“My father was busy trying to light the gas heater when I heard him screaming in the living room. I was also busy in the kitchen and I came running. He told me his hands are burning. “While I was running to see what was happening I also felt the heat on my legs and hands spread to my hair. Then I called for help and that is when other tenants came we were then both taken to the Sharpeville Clinic,” says Phindile. Her father suffered serious burn wounds and is in a critical condition.According to the daughter when she came back from the clinic she found that most of the furniture had burnt away. When approached for comment Pinky Nhlapo, who took over from her father as landlord, promised that the electricity issue would be fixed soon.Members of the community are advised to be careful when dealing with either gas or electricity.
Phindile Gangasa shows some of the damage done to her shack following a gas explosion on Friday. She sustained burn wounds to her legs, hands and face as a result. Photo: Pinky Mofokeng.
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