{"id":100822,"date":"2015-09-27T18:48:06","date_gmt":"2015-09-27T16:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=100822"},"modified":"2015-09-28T09:49:36","modified_gmt":"2015-09-28T07:49:36","slug":"update-emergency-service-respond-to-cpfs-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/09\/27\/update-emergency-service-respond-to-cpfs-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: Emergency Services respond to CPF’s claims"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pieter Rudolph, senior district manager of emergency planning commented on claims made by the CPF following a fire in Lambton<\/a>, this morning (Sunday).<\/p>\n

He stated that emergency services received the call at 7.32am, 15 minutes after the home’s owner claims the fire started, with firefighters from Germiston Central Fire Station,\u00a0Wadeville Fire Station, Vosloorus Fire Station, Hlahatsi Fire Station and Alberton Fire Station responding.<\/p>

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Rudolph said the teams had no problems with the fire engines’ pumping systems as previously stated, \u201cThere was no problem with the vehicles\u2019 pumping systems.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only problem was that the fire hydrant closest to the house failed when the firefighters tried to use it.<\/p>

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\u201cThe opening mechanism failed when they wanted to open the water supply to supply water to the fire engine,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The fire was extinguished and damping down commenced within an hour and 15 minutes of the blaze starting.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of the damage was in the single story section of the house and the following rooms were damaged in the fire; a work room, three bedrooms, a bathroom, the kitchen, the living room and TV room,\u201d said Rudolph.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe home\u2019s owner was treated for smoke inhalation and shock on scene.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rudolph said that the cause of the fire is still under investigation.<\/p>\n

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