Nhlanhla Mabaso12 July 2024 | 15:33

KZN wildfires claim second life

According to the uMlalazi Local Municipality, the second fire victim succumbed to their injuries in hospital on Friday.

KZN wildfires claim second life

Several areas including King Cetshwayo, Amajuba and the Zululand Districts, were affected. Picture: Nhlanhla Mabaso/Eyewitness News.

DURBAN - A second person has died as a result of raging wildfires in KwaZulu-Natal.

According to the uMlalazi Local Municipality, the second fire victim succumbed to their injuries in hospital on Friday.

The fires started raging in areas in northern KZN on Sunday evening.  

Several other people have been injured and scores of homes, destroyed.