BLOEMFONTEIN – A family of four is homeless after a devastating fire ripped through their home in Rocklands, Bloemfontein. The unexplained fire has left the Mogorosi family in ruins.
Lerato Mogorosi says all their property, including essentials such as identity documents and birth
certificates, were burned to ashes. The other family members are mother Dimakatso Mogorosi, Mojabeng and Keamogetse. The four made a daring escape from the blaze that engulfed their home in the early hours of 27 October. They escaped unharmed with only the clothes they were wearing when going to sleep.
Lerato says her sister, the first to hear a loud bang at around 03:30, woke everybody up. Following the loud bang, the house filled with smoke. Most devastating is that all of them are unemployed, making it even more difficult to start rebuilding their lives, and their home of decades.
What is more, part of the house had been turned into an early childhood development centre, Maadimo Daycare. “The crèche was our main source of income for survival for several years. Due to the fire, the crèche is not operating. It was managed by my mother, who receives a state grant,” says Lerato.
The Mogorosi family is appealing for any aid from the public, in the form of clothes and food, to ease their plight.
The four are temporarily staying with a family member, who is also struggling to make ends meet.
“We do not have sufficient food and are appealing for help. The food we received earlier was insufficient to sustain us,” says Lerato.
She explains that, even with help from their neighbours, they were unable to put out the blaze.
“By the time firefighters arrived, the fire had engulfed the whole house, and the blaze was going through the roof,” says Lerato.
The family is yet to quantify the exact costs of rebuilding their lives, including making the house fit to live in again.
Lerato says they would appreciate each and every donation from good Samaritans; even material to revive the crèche.
Anyone willing to assist can call her on 075 254 7100.
