Child dies in Parow building fire

CAPE TOWN - A child has died in a fire that broke out inside a building in Parow.
 
Fire crews received a call about a building alight on the corner of Tallent and Voortrekker Road, shortly before 5 pm on Monday.
 
Six pumps and four water tankers were deployed to the scene and the blaze was extinguished about two hours later.
  
"The fire was contained at 17:50. Firefighters discovered the body of a minor about 10 minutes later,” said the city's Fire and Rescue Service's Jermaine Carelse.

“At this stage, it appears that several flats have been affected, and numerous persons displaced."
 
The scene has been handed over to police for further investigation.