{"id":162636,"date":"2017-10-04T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/162636\/firefighters-battle-shooting-range-blaze-for-hours\/"},"modified":"2017-10-04T14:29:45","modified_gmt":"2017-10-04T12:29:45","slug":"firefighters-battle-shooting-range-blaze-for-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/10\/04\/firefighters-battle-shooting-range-blaze-for-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefighters battle shooting range blaze for hours"},"content":{"rendered":"

Flames leapt into the air in the early hours of Thursday morning as two ranges at the Knights Shooting Range burnt.<\/p>\n

Andr\u00e9 Barnard, the general manager of the Knights Shooting Range, told the GCN that he received a call just after midnight that the range was on fire.<\/p>

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\u201cShadrack Mmadzhali, my firearms instructor, who stays on the property, noticed the flames and saved the day,\u201d said Barnard.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it wasn\u2019t for him the range could have suffered more damage.\u201d<\/p>

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Barnard added that two ranges, the tactical killhouse and the obstacle course (which is used for fitness), were destroyed in the fire.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe still need to do a complete assessment of the damage, but I estimate it is at about R100 000 and will take about three months to rebuild,\u201d Barnard said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe rest of the range is, however, still open and people can still make use of the facility.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A fire at the Knights Shooting Range led to two ranges being destroyed on Thursday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

William Ntladi, district manager media liaison for Ekurhuleni Disaster and Emergency Management Services, said they started tackling the fire at about 12.50am.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe battled to get to the core of the fire on the shooting range and when we arrived there was a large amount of tractor and truck tyres alight.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirefighting teams from Primrose, Bedfordview and Edenvale fire stations responded and 19 firefighters battled the blaze.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ntladi added that to make things more difficult, they had to shuttle water to fight the fire.<\/p>\n

It took firefighters until about 11am to get the fire under control.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were no casualties recorded and at this stage we do not know the cause of the fire,\u201d Ntladi said.<\/p>\n

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