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Ferrari Watch: Wheels up in flames on Durban motorway A Durban motorist escaped his burning Ferrari without injury when the engine burst into flames on a motorway near Umhlanga. The owner of a R3,5 million spider Ferrari could do nothing but watch in despair as flames gutted his luxury vehicle on a Durban motorway this week. The motorist was lucky to escape the burning Ferrari when it burst into flames in the M4 near Umhlanga this week. Watch the fire here eThekwini Fire and Rescue Divisional C...

Durban security officer helps woman give birth Updated East Coast Radio Share this: On Thursday morning, the Marshall security group received a duress call about a woman going into labour in the Avoca area. Some moments later, a baby is born... Facebook Screenshot/@thesouthafrican A woman who was screaming outside the gate of a residence on Bailey Road, Avoca, prompted the residents to call their security reaction company for help. It was revealed that the woman lives on the street and had go...

Fire: Now Watch fire fighters tackle blaze at Durban business Fire fighters are battling the flames of a blaze that broke out at a business premises in a busy part of Durban on Monday. Durban residents awoke to a morning of at least two fire reports across the city on Monday. eThekwini Fire Services is fighting a raging blaze that had broken out in a building in Brickfield Road in Overport, Durban on Monday morning. Marshall Security community support spokesperson Andreas Mathios said the local...

Man injured while saving dad from Phoenix house fire By Staff Reporter SINENHLANHLA ZUNGU DURBAN - KWAZULU-NATAL VIP paramedics and firefighters are currently on scene, at a house on fire in Pearlbrook, Phoenix. Reports from the scene are that one person sustained moderate injuries after trying to save his dad from the fire. “The fire victim is being treated by KZN VIP paramedics on the scene and the fire department is currently trying to extinguish the fire,” says Gareth Naidoo, KZN VIP pa...

A compassionate armed response officer went the extra mile in the call of duty when he helped a homeless woman give birth on the pavement in Avoca, Durban. Marshall Security community support spokesperson Andreas Mathios said the security company had received a report from a resident that a women was screaming for help in the early hours of Thursday morning in Bailey Road. “Marshall Security’s control room received a report from residents that a woman was screaming for assistance at one of ...

Watch Latest: Sub-antarctic fur seal live rescue on Durban beach This poor little one is very thin and in a poor condition...They travel a very long way but there is always hope - SAAMBR on seal rescue. An adorable, yet emaciated and exhausted, sub-antarctic fur seal swam many thousands of kilometres before washing up on a beach North of Durban and being taken into the care of rescue workers on Tuesday. Marshall Security community support spokesperson, Andreas Mathios who was one of the first r...

Helicopter Crash Latest: Two killed, watch rescue workers at crash scene Advanced life support paramedics used a rope and boats to gain access to the helicopter crash patients in a swampy area in the Umgeni River. Two people have been killed in a helicopter crash in the Umgeni River near the N2 freeway in Springfield Park. Paramedics and rescue workers battled to access the helicopter crash site in the water to retrieve the two bodies. The helicopter crashed into the Umgeni River near the Umgen...

Helicopter Crash Latest: Watch rescue near Umgeni Road in Durban Traffic is backed up in Durban after a helicopter crashed in the Umgeni River near the Umgeni Road/N2 Interchange on Monday morning. Paramedics have responded to the scene of a helicopter crash in Durban near the Umgeni Road Interchange in the vicinity of the N2 bridge on Monday morning.  ALS Paramedics spokesperson Garrith Jamieson said paramedics had received several reports of the helicopter crash. The helicopter crashed int...

WATCH: Work grinds to a halt after skull found at KZN North Coast construction site Share CONSTRUCTION workers at a site in Umdloti, on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast, were forced to down tools after stumbling across a frightening site this morning. The workers have been busy at the site for months but today they found a human skull. It is unclear if any other bones were found near the skull. A witness, who asked not to be named, said she had been visiting a friend in the area when she saw pol...

Durban security company warns of blue overalls gangs targeting homes By Se-Anne Rall Share DURBAN - “If workmen come to your property, make sure you know where they are from and ask for ID verification cards before you let them into your yard,” cautioned Blue Security community and media liaison officer, Andreas Mathios, following two robberies in Durban in which housebreaking gangs were disguised as workmen. He said residents needed to be aware of this ruse used by gangs to get onto their ...