Deaf girl sends mum text message saying she is 'already dead'

A teenager who died in a fire at a school for the Deaf in Leeudoringstad, South Africa reportedly sent a text message to her mother saying "Mother, I'm already dead."

According to News24, three schoolgirls, aged 16, 17, and 18, died in the blaze.

Another 23 pupils were injured when they jumped from the first floor of the building to escape the fire.

It is reported that the teen girl first sent a text message to her mother saying there was too much smoke and she was in a toilet.