Checkers warehouse damaged after fire

By Odette Ismail
15 October 2006


Johannesburg emergency services revealed that a Shoprite Checkers warehouse in Fourways was destroyed after a fire broke out today.

Chief Superintendent Malcolm Midgeley said that security guards contacted emergency services about the fire just after midnight.

He said according to News24 that it did not reach the store itself, but conceded that the warehouse was in a bad condition. He says all the structures including the stock were in ruins.

The cause of the fire however is still being investigated.

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