Major-General Lerato Molale visited the scene in Oppenheimer Park in Thabong. Police spokesperson, Stephen Thakeng, says according to a tenant and eyewitness, Joseph Molala, he woke up because of the smoke. 

He then screamed for help and broke the burglar bars on the window to assist his fiancée to jump out through the window. Molala says he escaped through the same window. Two other people, however, couldn't escape the flames and burned to death. 

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Police have since released the names of the deceased as 48-year-old Tshitso Neo Bulane and 33-year-old Mpai Matsoha. The cause of the fire is currently unknown and the investigation continues. An inquest has been registered.

OFM News/Ike Mosia