[DURBAN – 13 JANUARY 2012 AT 12H45] Emergency personnel rushed to Victoria Embankment, to a block of flats that was on fire and with people entrapped inside the building. When emergency personnel arrived on the scene, they found the building engulfed in flames, with smoke bellowing from the second floor. The members of public had [...]
[VEREENIGING – 07 DECEMBER 2011 AT 17H00] 5 Fire Fighters have been injured after they were fighting a veld fire, that allegedly started next to the R82 in Vereeniging, crossed over a wall and carried on burning through a property. On the property were various pieces of scrap metal, including parts of vehicles and gas [...]
[GEORGE – 07 DECEMBER 2011 AT 13H00] A man believed to be in his late 40’s is in a critical condition after the informal home he lived in caught alight this afternoon. ER24 and other emergency personnel arrived on the scene and found the informal home engulfed in flames. The community showed the paramedics were [...]
A structural fire occurred on Smit Street in the Strand in the early parts of yesterday afternoon. Emergency personnel arrived on the scene and found 3 factories including a paint factory were gutted in the blaze. ER24 paramedics from the Strand, examined and treated several patients for various smoke inhalation and mild to moderate burns. [...]
A fire has destroyed 15 shacks and left 50 people homeless near Philippi, the City of Cape Town said on Monday. The fire started at 18:40 in the Siyanyazela informal settlement on Saturday night. “Some 50 persons were left homeless as a result of the fire,” the city said. Disaster response teams were on the [...]
[CAPE TOWN – 25 OCTOBER 2011 AT 15H00] Four workers at a recycling factory that is situated on Mill Road in Belville South have been treated for smoke inhalation after the factory caught alight this afternoon. ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene and found the Fire Department in attendance. Black smoke could be seen bellowing [...]
[Roodepoort 19 October 2011 07:30] A home in Helderkruin, Roodepoort at the corners of Dakota and Bankett Road, has been ripped apart this morning by an apparent explosion. The 31 year old man who was alone in the bedroom at the time and was extensively injured; he needed immediate treatment of burn injuries to his [...]
[Montana 12 October 2011 08:00] A fire allegedly started in the storage area of a supermarket in Doctor Swanepoel Street in Montana this morning. ER24 paramedics were called to the store as there had been three people who were suspected to have sustained smoke inhalation injuries. Luckily, there had only been a few employees in [...]
Today is Heritage day – a day to remember those who have brought South Africa to where we are today! This day has also become known as Braai Dag, a day where all South Africans celebrate their common heritage by braaing on the 24th of September. Braaing is a deep-rooted tradition in South Africa that [...]
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No Comments »One man has died and another is in a serious condition after an explosion occurred at a scrap yard in Mosselbay. Two men were allegedly busy cutting an unknown cylinder when an unknown gas ignited causing an explosion. The two men working on the cylinder were thrown off of their feet. When ER24 paramedics arrived [...]
