Simphiwe Moropane News Today

An investigation report into the fire that gutted the Bank of Lisbon building in Joburg CBD has confirmed what many long suspected – negligence.

The submission of the reports to the Provincial Legislature and their public release is a significant step towards accountability and transparency.

Here is what the report REVEALED five years after the Bank of Lisbon fire in Johannesburg, which claimed the lives of three firefighters.

There has been yet another delay in releasing the findings of investigations into the fire in a Johannesburg building that claimed the lives of three firefighters in 2018.

The building was a high-risk fire hazard but no safety checks were done before government employees moved in.

Among those now facing the consequences is the City of Joburg Emergency Management Service (EMS). 


The cause of the fire was the departments’ failures to have firefighting equipment that was ‘available, in good condition and operational’, report finds

Four years after the Bank of Lisbon building fire in which three firefighters died, reports into the incident are still not public. 



The findings of four investigations into the 2018 blaze at the old Bank of Lisbon building in Johannesburg in have still not been released.

There has been yet another delay in releasing the findings of investigations into the fire in a Johannesburg building that claimed the lives of three firefighters in 2018.