{"id":401532,"date":"2011-04-27T10:28:19","date_gmt":"2011-04-27T10:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/27\/siblings-perish-in-luderitz-shack-fire\/"},"modified":"2011-04-27T10:28:19","modified_gmt":"2011-04-27T10:28:19","slug":"siblings-perish-in-luderitz-shack-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/27\/siblings-perish-in-luderitz-shack-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Siblings Perish in L\u00fcderitz Shack Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"30.2872702519\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.namibian.com.na\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/59a688e4namibian180.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"The Namibian (Windhoek)\" title=\"Visit The Namibian (Windhoek)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Luqman Cloete<\/p>\n<p>26 April 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Two siblings burnt to death when a corrugated shack in the L\u00fcderitz&#8217;s Area Seven residential area caught fire on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>Police Commissioner Josephat Abel said the siblings were unable to escape the flames because the shack&#8217;s door was locked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A 20-year-old relative of the siblings was last seen at the shack and had apparently locked them inside while a paraffin lamp was alight before he left,&#8221; said Abel.<\/p>\n<p>According to Abel, the siblings&#8217; mother, an employee at Seaflower fishing company, was at work when fire had engulfed the corrugated shack.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The siblings mother was admitted to the local State hospital for shock after news of the fire tragedy had reached her,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The siblings identified as Levi Panduleni Shitaleni, a nine-month-old baby boy, and Helena Uwanga Daniel (9) were burnt beyond recognition, said Abel.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel was a grade two pupil at the L\u00fcderitz Nautilus Primary School.<\/p>\n<p>Abel said Police had opened an arson docket.<\/p>\n<p>The Karas Police regional commander further reported that no other fatalities or accidents were reported during Easter long weekend roads in the region.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Until yesterday no fatalities or accidents were reported,&#8221; said Abel.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201104270600.html\" title=\"Siblings Perish in L\u00fcderitz Shack Fire\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Siblings Perish in L\u00fcderitz Shack Fire<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Luqman Cloete 26 April 2011 Two siblings burnt to death when a corrugated shack in the L\u00fcderitz&#8217;s Area Seven residential area caught fire on Thursday night. Police Commissioner Josephat Abel said the siblings were unable to escape the flames because the shack&#8217;s door was locked. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":399557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-401532","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Siblings Perish in L\u00fcderitz Shack Fire - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/27\/siblings-perish-in-luderitz-shack-fire\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Siblings Perish in L\u00fcderitz Shack Fire - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Luqman Cloete 26 April 2011 Two siblings burnt to death when a corrugated shack in the L\u00fcderitz&#039;s Area Seven residential area caught fire on Thursday night. 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