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

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 […]

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 […]

A sedan and a taxi pulling a trailer were involved in a gruesome crash on M7 road east bound next to Eden Park and Phola Park in Thokoza on 6 June. A firefighting team from the Thokoza Fire Station responded to a scene where a taxi pulling a trailer and a sedan were involved in […]

A 46-year-old man died a gruesome death after his rented garage burned to ashes, on 31 May in Extension 28 Vosloorus. The City’s rescue and firefighting team from Hlahatsi, Zonkizizwe and Wadeville fire responded to the scene for intervention. According to DEMS Spokesperson William Ntladi, the roof of the garage had already collapsed and flames […]