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Hyde Park house gutted while firefighters hunt for hydrant Spotlight on faulty fire hydrants and shortage of fire engines in Joburg Firefighters at the scene of a house fire in Hyde Park, Johannesburg. Image: Suburban Control Centre/Facebook A fire in the upmarket Johannesburg suburb of Hyde Park that gutted a home has shone a spotlight on faulty fire hydrants and the shortage of fire engines in the city. The house was severely damaged last week while the city’s fire...

Five injured as taxi careens into Joburg store A minibus taxi smashed into a shop in industrial Johannesburg on Thursday. Image: Netcare 911 Five people were injured when a minibus taxi crashed into a Johannesburg shop on Thursday afternoon. Netcare 911 spokesperson Shawn Herbst said the incident occurred on the corners of Garland Street and Booysens Road in Ophirton late on Thursday afternoon when the taxi driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle. Netcare 911 and F...

Quality of safety inspections questioned after Charlotte Maxeke Hospital fire People who were there on the night of the fire have told Eyewitness News that it appeared that the sprinklers at the hospital were not working and also claiming that smoke control doors in passageways appeared to have been removed. A fire broke out at the Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital in Johannesburg on Friday, 16 April 2021. ...

Charlotte Maxeke Hospital fire destroyed medical supplies, PPE worth R40m 20 April 2021 - 18:01 Health minister Zweli Mkhize visited Charlotte Maxeke Hospital on Tuesday to assess the extent of damage caused by the fire and discuss the recovery plan for the hospital. He was accompanied by various people and hospital staff. Image: ALON SKUY​ Health minister Zweli Mkhize said on Tuesday the fire that saw nearly 700 patients evacuated from Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hosp...

“As far as cooperation was concerned, we couldn’t have asked for a better day,” said Wynand Engelbrecht on the response to the fire that broke out at Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital on Friday, 16 April. Engelbrecht worked as the City of Johannesburg’s fire chief in Midrand and also served as a former force commander in Sandton. Three years ago, he launched Fire Ops, a small private firefighting brigade that operates in a number of Johannesburg areas. Fire Ops leaders heard of the fir...

Fire hydrants at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital were fine at last inspection, says health department Charlotte Maxeke Hospital was temporarily closed after a fire at the facility. Image: Thulani Ndaba/Twitter No issues were reported during the last inspection at Johannesburgs Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital, and its fire hydrants were operational, says the Gauteng department of health. Spokesperson Kwara Kekana said safety officers for the department of infrastructure develo...

[LISTEN] Former Fire Chief Claims Joburg has Only One Functioning Fire Truck to Service the Entire City Mar 02, 2021 The CEO of privately owned firefighting operation, Fire Ops SA says the city of Johannesburg ought to have an excess of at least 110 fire engines to assist residents in case of an emergency. Wynand Engelbrecht who was a former Midrand fire chief was speaking to Radio Islam about a report in the Rapport newspaper about the city only having one working fire truck. The city of Cape ...