Fire and emergency teams were dispatched to Hilite Job Buyers in Haji Ebrahim Crescent in Athlone again on Saturday morning after a second fire broke out. The busy fabric outlet was engulfed in flames a day earlier, which left much of the fabric and upholstery factory gutted. “Just before 2am[…]
A blaze has gutted parts of Hilite Textile and Curtaining Job Buyers in Belgravia road in Athlone on Friday morning. The blaze started at about 4am and swept through the factory shop, damaging fabrics. “We got the news that the fire had started at the ‘R5 shop’ next door. When[…]
Two pilgrims were injured after a fire broke out on the eighth floor of an 11-story hotel building in the Al-Aziziyah neighborhood of Makkah in the early hours of Thursday. However, the Civil Defense acted swiftly and evacuated 1,028 Hajis, believed to be Asians, while putting out the blaze. Col.[…]
Three people have been arrested after a Ceres Fruit Growers factory was set alight amid strike action, Western Cape police said on Thursday. The building went up in flames on Wednesday morning, said Constable Noloyiso Rwexana. She said a 52-year-old woman and two men were arrested for arson later in[…]
All 172 passengers and crew escaped a fire on a British Airways (BA) plane in Las Vegas on Tuesday when smoke and flames engulfed the aircraft as it was about to take off for London. The fire in one of the plane’s two engines sent black smoke into the cabin,[…]
Three people died on Wednesday evening in a fire in Hout Bay, Cape Town, city emergency management services said. Spokesperson Theo Layne told News24 three wooden structures were destroyed by the fire, with 15 to 17 people displaced. “One adult male, one adult female and one unknown person, who could[…]
Four children have died in a shack fire in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, the city’s fire and rescue services said on Tuesday. “The City of Cape Town’s Fire and Rescue Service responded to a fire at 20:15 on Monday night in U-Section in Khayelitsha,” spokesperson Theo Layne said. “We had four[…]
The ticketing office of a train station in Mbekweni, Paarl was burnt down on Thursday night during a protest by residents over demands for electricity. Police were deployed from the surrounding areas to handle the situation at about 19:30, Lieutenant Colonel Andre Traut told News24 on Friday. “Police took action[…]
Amid a series of attacks in Europe, another mosque was burnt in Germany on Tuesday morning, adding to the increasing number of Islamophobic attacks on Muslims and Islamic centres in recent months. “At first we thought the tea burnt. But then we noticed the smoke in the prayer room” said[…]
A fire has broken out behind the Rhodes Memorial on Devil’s Peak in Cape Town, the city’s fire and rescue service said on Sunday. An extensive area of vegetation was on fire, spokesperson Theo Lane told News24. “Five vehicles are on the scene at the moment and 21 firefighters, assisted[…]
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