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NATIONAL NEWS AND VIDEO - A 10-year-old Norkem Park boy became a local hero when he saved his family from a devastating house fire on Quintus van der Walt Street last week Tuesday.
Thakgallo Mapalakanye was studying for a natural sciences exam around midnight when he smelt smoke from a fire that would later destroy his home.
“I wanted to go to my room when I saw the smoke,” a shy Thakgallo told Express telephonically. He woke his grandmother (59) who suggested it might be from a veld fire outside.
However, the Birch Acres Primary School Grade Five learner insisted. He checked every room in the house, until he found the fire in an empty bedroom near a bed.
Watch a video below.
