Firefighters are working to extinguish a fire on Devil’s Peak in Cape Town which began in the early hours of Thursday morning. City of Cape Town’s fire and rescue services spokesperson Theo Layne said they were alerted to the fire at around 06:30 and teams were currently on the scene[…]
A blaze broke at a house in Netreg street in Bonteheuwel in the early hours of Wednesday morning, claiming the lives of six people and leaving six others homeless. Authorities were called to Netreg Street at around 2am after a fire broke out at three houses. “Just after 2am this[…]
At least 24 people have been killed and 50 injured after a fire engulfed a packaging factory north of the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka. The Dhaka Tribune newspaper reported on Saturday that the fire erupted due to a boiler explosion at the Tampako Packaging Factory in the industrial town of Tongi,[…]
A few weeks ago in Eastridge, Mitchells Plain a fire claimed the lives of eight people including small children of the Minnies family. Sixteen year old, Lance Minnies, who had survived the fire, sustained ninety-nine percent burns and is currently receiving skin graft treatment at a local hospital. A fund[…]
Rustenburg – The four mineworkers who died after a fire broke out at Impala Platinum mine near Rustenburg, died trying to improve their lives, the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) said on Wednesday. “The four comrades died trying to better their lives; they all wanted to provide for[…]
A charred body was found in a train after blaze at Fish Hoek railway station on Thursday. Metrorail Western Cape confirmed that two carriages of the train caught alight around 10am Thursday morning. No injuries were initially reported and all commuters were safely evacuated from the train. However, a body[…]
Families forced to evacuate their Fish Hoek homes on Thursday night, fear they may have to do so again as a fire continues to burn on the adjacent mountain. Residents on Mountain and Contour roads were told to leave on Thursday afternoon as the then-uncontained blaze burnt dangerously close to[…]
Sixteen years ago, a young Johan Botha was on the frontline as a devastating inferno ravaged thousands of hectares of farmlands and vineyards in the Simonsberg area. “Today is like déjà vu,” the seasoned firefighter told News24 at the end of a gruelling 24-hour shift. He has remained at the[…]
The fire at Fish Hoek in the Western Cape was brought under control on Thursday night. Several roads which had earlier been closed off to traffic had since been re-opened, said Cape Town Traffic Services spokesperson Richard Coleman. “From about 16:45, the roads were re-opened. It was a difficult fire[…]
A team of over 80 firefighters is battling to save farm houses from a blaze in the Simonsberg, which has been burning for the past three days. Stellenbosch municipality assistant fire chief Craig van Reenen told News24 the crew was prioritising protecting lives and homes currently in danger. “The team[…]
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