Six people have been left displaced, after their Mitchell’s Plain home, caught alight.
The City of Cape Town’s Fire & Rescue Service spokesperson,
Jermaine Carelse, said firefighters responded to the house alight in the early
hours of Wednesday.
‘’The City’s Fire & Rescue Service received an
emergency call at about 00:45 as a house alight in Nile Way, Portland in
Mitchells Plain, on Wednesday, 11 December. Crews from Mitchells Plain and
Gugulethu were dispatched and found the property well alight on arrival.’’
He said firefighters managed to contain and extinguish the
blaze by 01:40.
‘’Substantial damages to the affected property was
sustained and slight heat damaged to the adjacent dwelling,’’ said Carelse.
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SCREENSHOTMeanwhile, authorities are ascertaining on how a fire broke
out at in Melody Walk at the Town Centre, Eastridge, Mitchell’s Plain.
Carelse said firefighters were alerted about the incident
that occurred on Friday, just after 16:00.The building is a multi-occupancy and
according to Carelse, the fire was on the top floor where it was used as a residential
units.
‘’Crews from Mitchells Plain, Gugulethu, Khayelitsha,
Lakeside, Roeland Street and the IMT 5 team. By 18:20, Firefighters managed to
extinguish the blaze that totally gutted the top floor and burnt through the
roof.’’
‘’A firefighter injured his right hand and was treated and
transported to a nearby medical facility,’’ added Jermaine
Carelse, City of Cape Town’s Fire & Rescue Service spokesperson.
Done By: Mitchum George
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