Tragedy has struck the Ohangwena Region after two separate fire incidents claimed the lives of two women.

In the most recent incident at Onhuno, a thirty-two-year-old woman died after allegedly locking herself inside a burning corrugated-iron room on Monday morning.

A 32‑year‑old woman has died after a fire broke out in the room where she was staying at Onhuno in the Ohangwena Region on Monday morning.