Johannesburg – A 4-year-old girl was killed in a fire in Jansenville in the Eastern Cape, police said on Monday.

The girl and her grandparents were sleeping when their house caught fire on Saturday, police spokesperson Rochelle Carelse said.

“When the fire started, the grandparents woke up and saw the house was on fire. They managed to escape but couldn’t save their granddaughter,” she said.

Carelse said the cause of the fire was not immediately clear.

– SAPA