A 28-year-old single mother of five is seeking help after a fire gutted her home on Monday, destroying her belongings.

The police have confirmed that six people died in a house fire at Usakos early this morning.

A grandmother, an adult woman, and four children lost their lives in the incident.

The police forensic team has arrived at the scene to investigate, as the cause of the fire remains unknown at this stage.

A young man, believed to be in his early 20s, has been taken in for questioning in connection with a deadly house fire that claimed the lives of several family members in Usakos early this morning.

Two families at Mubiza Village in the Zambezi Region were left destitute after their houses were gutted by fire this week.

The incident was attributed to a toddler who was playing with thatched grass and is alleged to have started the fire. 

An Ondangwa family whose house burned down in June received bricks to reconstruct their four-bedroom house.

The house was gutted by fire due to an electric shock.