Four storey building in Johannesburg inner-city engulfed in flames

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A building at the corners of Marshall and Phillip in Johannesburg inner-city caught fire on Tuesday afternoon.

The City of Johannesburg emergency services said on arrival firefighters found a four storey building engulfed in flames and started evacuating the affected people on the fourth floor while conducting firefighting operations.

“About 200 people were evacuated safely out of the building, no other injuries were reported during this fire incident and the cause of the fire incident is still a subject of investigations,” emergency services spokesperson Robert Mulaudzi said. 

He further added that disaster management officials and other city stakeholders has been activated to start assisting the affected families.

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This fire incident follows a fire incident which was reported early hours of Tuesday morning in Doornkop, Soweto where a 26-year-old man lost his life when his one room shack caught fire.

Mulaudzi urged residents to exercise caution when using heating devices this winter season.

“Joburg EMS public education unit (Pier) is also continuing with its efforts to educate our residents about the importance of using heating devices safely this winter season, the unit conducted a door-to-door campaign at Msawawa informal settlement in Kya Sands,” he concluded.