Motor vehicles are made of materials that emit harmful and deadly gases when they burn – and car fires are not uncommon. The main by-product of fires is a lethal concentration of carbon monoxide, which is an odourless, colourless and tasteless gas.…
Yesterday morning, a man was killed in a residence fire on Forest Road in Benoni AH. ER24 and the Provincial Fire Services arrived at 09h00 to find the residence well alight. After some time, the fire services were able to extinguish the…
This afternoon, a man believed to be in his 40s was left critically injured when a fire broke out at his residence in Florida Park, west of Johannesburg. ER24 arrived at 16h15 to find a residence and four light motor vehicles well…
Fortunately, no one sustained any injuries this evening when a fire broke out at the Old Woodstock Hospital in Woodstock, Western Cape. ER24, Western Cape Fire, Metro Rescue and EMS, and other services arrived to find that a fire had broken out…
Last night, two people were injured when a fire broke out at an informal settlement in Lenasia Extension 9. ER24 medics arrived at 20h10 to find the City of Johannesburg EMS and CERT Lenasia battling the blaze, which had broken out on…