One person sustained third-degree burns after a fire broke out at a building in Commercial Street, Cape Town CBD
One person was taken to hospital after he sustained third-degree burns, while other residents were evacuated, after a fire broke out at a building in Commercial Street in Cape Town CBD, on Sunday evening.
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SCREENSHOT - FIRE IN COMMERCIAL STREET: Twitter - @sunellmari - ''this is from our 6th floor.''The City of Cape Town's Fire and Rescue Services
spokesperson, Jermaine Carelse, said the building sustained "major
damages" to the ground, first and second floors. Carelse added that in a
nearby apartment block, one flat was severely affected by the fire and one apartment
block was partially damaged.
"The City's Fire and Rescue Services was alerted at
approximately 21:50 of a building alight… The first arriving crew from Roeland
Street confirmed that it was well alight and requested additional resources. On
scene, we had crews from Roeland Street, Salt River, Sea Point, Brooklyn,
Goodwood, Milnerton and Constantia with a total of 12 firefighting appliances,
including two specialised vehicles and 45 firefighters
A huge building fire on Commercial Street, Cape Town CBD.
A building that’s occupied mostly by UberEats, MrDelivery, CheckersSixty60 and other delivery drivers. pic.twitter.com/12ntcONvlQ
"An Incident Management Team was activated to assist
in mitigating the incident, and electricity to the building was isolated to
prevent firefighters from being electrocuted,’’ added Jermaine Carelse, the
City of Cape Town's Fire and Rescue Services spokesperson.
Carelse said the blaze was extinguished at 00:45, and the
cause of the fire is yet to be determined.
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