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KWATHEMA SUBSTATION ON FIRE

Thulasizwe City of Ekurhuleni May 11, 2023 0

The City’s Disaster and Emergency Services officials have been hard at work putting out a fire at the KwaThema substation since the early hours of this morning. The substation building, and switchgear panels have been damaged and the fire has been extinguished. No fatalities or injuries

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FIRE INCIDENT AT SIMMER AND JACK LANDFILL SITE IS UNDER CONTROL

Thulasizwe City of Ekurhuleni January 25, 2023

The City of Ekurhuleni wishes to advise residents that the fire incident at the Simmer and Jack landfill site is currently under control. Security personnel notified the city and the ward councillor around 22:00 last night that a fire had broken out at the landfill site. Our current investigation has confirmed that the fire came […]

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FIREFIGHTERS TACKLE INTENSE FIRE

Thulasizwe City of Ekurhuleni August 27, 2021 0

Fire fighters from Germiston and Primrose fire stations responded promptly to salvage a house in Driehoek, Germiston, on fire on 13 August. According to Disaster and Emergency Management Services Spokesperson William Ntladi, when the teams arrived on the scene the roof had already collapsed while part of the wall structure was engulfed in flames. The […]

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TWO MEN CRITICALLY INJURED AFTER A TRUCK JACK-KNIFED

Thulasizwe City of Ekurhuleni July 3, 2021 0

An articulated jack-knifed, critically injuring the driver and his assistant on R21 southbound just before the R23 Benoni turn-off on 24 June. The City’s rescue and firefighting teams from Thembisa and Olifantsfontein were roped to the scene where the massive vehicle was on its side with both occupants still trapped inside the cab. According to […]

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MAN FOUND DEAD UNDER A CONCRETE SLAP

Thulasizwe City of Ekurhuleni July 3, 2021 0

A building adjacent to the Palm Ridge Fire Station, collapsed on June 23,  claiming the life of a contractor. The team from the fire station promptly descended to the side to offer the needed emergency services. According to DEMS Spokesperson William Ntladi the deceased male was reported tapped under the structure that had collapsed. “On […]

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FEMALE PASSENGER BURNED BEYOND RECOGNITION

Thulasizwe City of Ekurhuleni July 3, 2021 0

An adult female passenger was burnt beyond recognition and her male driver critically injured after a vehicle which they were travelling in crashed against a tree in Olifantsfontein on 27 June. The rescue and firefighting team swiftly responded to the scene after the receiving a   call from the City’s Call Centre at 21h00. According to […]

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A CAR CRASHED INTO A GROUP OF CHILDREN

Thulasizwe City of Ekurhuleni July 3, 2021 0

A learner driver driving a Toyota Corolla crashed into a group of children playing soccer, fatally wounding one(five years old) with two others sustaining critical injuries in Etwatwa on 27 June.  The City’s rescue and firefighting team from the Etwatwa Fire station responded to the incident which happened at a local soccer field. A spokesperson […]

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Multiple Shack Fires in Makausi Informal Settlement

Super User June 24, 2021 0

A total of 13 shacks including one which is a double story were burned down at the  Makausi Informal Settlement in Germiston on 20 June. The City’s rescue and firefighting team from Primrose Fire Station, backed by those received from Bedfordview, Edenvale, Germiston, and Leon Ferreira Fire Stations responded to the scene. According to DEMS […]

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Call an Ambulance for Emergencies

Super User June 19, 2021 0

In Gauteng, the demand for ambulance services is too high due to the rising coronavirus infections.   To avoid suffocating the ambulance service, it is important for community members to know that during this period only emergency life threatening services will be attended by ambulances. Most people do not understand when it is necessary to […]

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Multiple Shacks on Fire

Super User June 8, 2021 0

Over 30 residents of Marathon Informal settlements in Primrose are lucky to be alive when their shacks were gutted down by fire on 6 June. A total of 13 shacks that shelters the resident were engulfed by flames burning their belongings. Fortunately, no one was injured during the fire breakout. The City’s rescue and firefighting […]