{"id":148346,"date":"2017-04-03T09:56:41","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T07:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=148346"},"modified":"2017-04-03T10:04:35","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T08:04:35","slug":"breaking-news-chemical-leak-germiston-factory-leaves-numerous-people-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/04\/03\/breaking-news-chemical-leak-germiston-factory-leaves-numerous-people-injured\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking News: Chemical leak at Germiston factory leaves numerous people injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An apparent chemical leak at a factory on La Bassee Road in Germiston has left numerous people injured this morning.<\/p>\n<p>ER24 paramedics, along with several other services, arrived on the scene and found approximately 50 to 100 people standing outside the nearby factory.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>It is understood that the factory had evacuated the workers after one of the chemicals leaked.<\/p>\n<p>Local authorities began to close off the road while emergency services set up a triage area.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Upon assessment, paramedics discovered that numerous patients were experiencing difficulty in breathing.<\/p>\n<p>The patients were treated for their injuries and were thereafter transported to various hospitals for further treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The exact cause of this incident is not yet known but local authorities were on the scene for further investigations.<\/p>\n<p>The exact number of patients is not yet known, due to the number of services on scene.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/140231\/six-car-crash-leaves-two-dead-two-critical\/\">Six-car crash leaves two dead, two critical<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/142631\/little-boy-3-dies-in-tragic-house-fire-2\/\">Little boy (3) dies in tragic house fire<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='11e4449ab917519b1d89d199537cf907'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emergency services are currently  on the scene of a chemical leak at a factory in Germiston.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":148349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[14127,7805,14126,1824,979,969,2734,6438],"class_list":["post-148346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-chemical-leak","tag-dems","tag-ekurhuleni-disaster-managemnet-and-emergency-services","tag-er24","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-melissa-hart","tag-paramedics"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["chemical leak","DEMS","ekurhuleni disaster managemnet and emergency services","ER24","germiston","germiston city news","melissa hart","paramedics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}