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13 October 2023
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eThekwini firefighters battling to extinguish building fire in Durban's CBD
eThekwini firefighters have been battling a fire in a building in Durban's city centre on Thursday morning, 5 October 2023. Firefighters said that they were called to the scene just before 06h00am. The affected high-rise building on Monty Naicker and Field Streets is home to some government departments, including Water and Sanitation and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA).
Staff members were evacuated immediately and the fire has since been extinguished.
It's believed an electrical fault on the power-generating floor caused the fire at Durban’s London House building on Thursday morning.
Sifiso Mtshali from the eThekwini Fire and Emergency Services said, "Suspected cause is still undetermined at the moment but with the reports that we are gathering around the scene with the security and the personnel that were inside the building at the time, we're suspecting that it is an electrical fault."
Mtshali said that had firefighters not responded swiftly, the fire would've been worse. "When we got here, the flames were pulsating through the entire building, with thick black smoke coming out from all sides of the building."
No injuries have been reported and investigations into the exact cause of the fire continue.
Sources: EWN, IOL
Staff members were evacuated immediately and the fire has since been extinguished.
It's believed an electrical fault on the power-generating floor caused the fire at Durban’s London House building on Thursday morning.
Sifiso Mtshali from the eThekwini Fire and Emergency Services said, "Suspected cause is still undetermined at the moment but with the reports that we are gathering around the scene with the security and the personnel that were inside the building at the time, we're suspecting that it is an electrical fault."
Mtshali said that had firefighters not responded swiftly, the fire would've been worse. "When we got here, the flames were pulsating through the entire building, with thick black smoke coming out from all sides of the building."
No injuries have been reported and investigations into the exact cause of the fire continue.
Sources: EWN, IOL
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