The Red Cross Children’s Hospital on Thursday warned braai fires pose great danger to children. The hospital said it has had several incidents where patients have been burnt by smouldering c... Read more
A regular visitor to the Arrive Alive website shared the above video on kitchen fires and how to deal with these fires if no fire extinguisher is nearby. We would like to refer to our road s... Read more
Fire fighters battled for hours last night to put out a fire in Khayelitsha where hundreds were left homeless after their shacks were burnt down. The homeless are temporarily being accommoda... Read more
A flat fire in a high rise building has claimed the life of a man believed to have been in his 30’s in the early hours of this morning. Emergency services received a call for a 4th floor fla... Read more
The Volunteer Wildfire Services has highlighted the dangers of runaway fires at the beginning of the ‘fire season’ in the Western Cape. The organisation is hosting its 11th annual open day w... Read more
Four boys died when their dormitory at the Christiana School for the Blind caught fire, North West authorities said on Monday. “The four, all boys aged between 8 and 9, died after they... Read more
A fire has consumed a building in the Stikland industrial area in Bellville. ER24 paramedics received a call to attend the structural fire at approximately 19:00 yesterday evening. When they... Read more
A couple from the West Rand “lost everything” on Wednesday when municipal workers apparently started a fire in a veld in Venterpos, outside Westonaria, and an “extremely st... Read more
A woman and her child burnt to death in a ripping shack fire at an informal settlement in Denver south of Johannesburg, on Saturday, the city emergency service. Spokesman Percy Morokane said... Read more
A 10-year-old boy burnt to death in the caravan in which he had been sleeping near the Free State town of Theunissen, Beeld newspaper reported on Monday. The caravan in which Louis van der L... Read more
