08 January 2009
Yesterday afternoon the fire department was alerted that a primary school in Woodstock that had caught alight. Firefighters immediately responded to the scene of the Chapel Street Primary School.
“Our vehicles arrived and found that it was an out-building of the school that was burning,” said Theo Layne, Chief Officer of Cape Town fire and command centre.
“There were about 10 personel on scene as well as two fire tenders,” said Layne “It took firefighters just under an hour to extinguish the fire.”
He said firefighters stopped the fire from spreading. The fire started in the storeroom of the 97-year-old school, which had been filled with desks and other textiles.
Pictures by:
Cindy Witten
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