{"id":118038,"date":"2016-04-13T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T07:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/118038\/boiler-room-explosion-at-local-factory\/"},"modified":"2016-04-13T10:10:53","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T08:10:53","slug":"boiler-room-explosion-at-local-factory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/04\/13\/boiler-room-explosion-at-local-factory\/","title":{"rendered":"Boiler room explosion at local factory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Disaster and Emergency Management Services (DEMS) received a call at around 5am on Thursday, April 7, to help battle a blaze at the Gayatri Paper Milling Company.<\/p>\n<p>Initial reports from the scene stated that the cause of the fire was an explosion in the company\u2019s boiler room.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWhen teams arrived at the company in Power Street they found bales of paper and cardboard on fire,\u201d said William Ntladi, district manager media liaison for DEMS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSigma Road was closed to traffic by firefighters but was reopened by 6pm on Thursday evening.\u201d<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>No casualties were reported.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/117811\/take-me-home-78\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Take me home\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/117136\/helpende-hand-visits-sick-children\/\" target=\"_blank\">Helpende Hand visits sick children<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/117116\/efc-fighters-spread-some-easter-joy\/\" target=\"_blank\">EFC fighters spread some Easter joy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a 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