'We’re assuming the candle fell over or she forgot to blow it out. The house then started burning down.' loadshedding
An elderly woman is fighting for her life in hospital after she was injured in a fire, believed to have started by an overturned candle she had lit during load-shedding on Saturday night, according to her family.
“She was so badly injured that she had to be airlifted by a helicopter and be taken to hospital, to the burns unit," said Fiona, adding that her mother's condition had not improved much. "I keep on going to visit, even though she doesn’t know or see that I’m there,” she said, with a trembling voice. Asked how the family was holding up, Fiona responded, “We’re taking it one day at a time, but my sister is more traumatised because she was there, she’s the one who rescued her [mother].
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