# Six firefighters have died in a runaway fire in Boston in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands. The fire broke out in a plantation near Mpophomeni. Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC, Thulasizwe Buthelezi, says three firefighters died on the scene while three others died in hospital due to serious burn wounds. Meanwhile, before yesterday’s fire, veldfires had ravaged parts of King Cetshwayo, Ilembe, uThukela and Zululand Districts, which killed at least ten people.
Six firefighters killed in a runaway fire in Boston, KZN