A man has died in a fire in Seawinds, Cape Town, on Friday.

Firefighters, who deployed in the early hours of the morning, managed to rescue a woman who suffered burn wounds to 70% of her body.

Spokesperson Jermaine Carelse said: ”The city’s Fire and Rescue Service were alerted at about 01:15 am that a house was on fire on St. Patrick Avenue, crews managed to contain and extinguish the fire by 02:50 am.”

The body of the man was discovered inside the passageway and the woman was treated and transported to a nearby hospital by ambulance.