# The City of Ekurhuleni Emergency Services is encouraging residents to use heating appliances with caution during this winter. On Sunday evening, six members of the same family died when the shack they were sleeping in went up in flames in the Marikana informal settlement in Kwa Thema. Disaster Emergency Services spokesperson, Maswati Mdluli, says 24 hours later, one person died when a shack caught fire in Palm Ridge on the East Rand:
Ekurhuleni communities reminded to use heating appliances with caution [SOUND]
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