{"id":200354,"date":"2019-04-02T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/200354\/firefighters-hindered-in-their-efforts-to-extinguish-makause-fire\/"},"modified":"2019-04-02T14:54:21","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T12:54:21","slug":"firefighters-hindered-in-their-efforts-to-extinguish-makause-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/04\/02\/firefighters-hindered-in-their-efforts-to-extinguish-makause-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Print Exclusive:  Firefighters hindered in their efforts to extinguish Makause fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Disaster and Emergency Management Services (DEMS) firefighters, from Primrose Fire Station, responded to a multiple shack fire at the Makause informal settlement, last Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt around 10.41pm firefighters saw thick black smoke emerging from within the settlement and immediately responded,\u201d explained William Ntladi, district manager media liaison for DEMS.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe firefighters were met with hostility when they made their way into the informal settlement with community members throwing an assortment of objects at the team preventing them from executing their duties with ease.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For the full story be sure to get this week\u2019s Germiston City News, out this Wednesday (April 3).<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<h4><strong>Other print exclusive articles:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/175813\/elsburg-suffer-defeat-in-kestrel-league\/\" target=\"_blank\">Print Exclusive: Elsburg suffer defeat in Kestrel League<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/174557\/wife-fulfills-husbands-last-wish\/\" target=\"_blank\">Print Exclusive: Wife fulfils husband\u2019s last wish<\/a><\/h4>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-200354 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/04\/02\/firefighters-hindered-in-their-efforts-to-extinguish-makause-fire\/attachment\/dav-43\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2019\/03\/13-GCN-GENERAL-CROS-LH-Custom-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-200722\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-200722'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Germiston branch of the Red Cross assisted 53 community members from the Makause informal settlement with blankets after they lost their belongings in a multiple shack fire, last Saturday. Here Titus Baloyi and Thomas Mufamadi hand over blankets to a community member.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/04\/02\/firefighters-hindered-in-their-efforts-to-extinguish-makause-fire\/attachment\/dav-44\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2019\/03\/IMG_20190325_105154-Custom-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-200723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2019\/03\/IMG_20190325_105154-Custom-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2019\/03\/IMG_20190325_105154-Custom-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2019\/03\/IMG_20190325_105154-Custom.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2019\/03\/IMG_20190325_105154-Custom-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2019\/03\/IMG_20190325_105154-Custom-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-200723'>\n\t\t\t\tLittle remains of 17 Makause informal settlement shacks following a multiple shack fire, last Saturday.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/04\/02\/firefighters-hindered-in-their-efforts-to-extinguish-makause-fire\/attachment\/dav-45\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2019\/03\/IMG_20190325_144701-Custom-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-200724\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-200724'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Germiston branch of the Red Cross assisted 53 community members from the Makause informal settlement with blankets after they lost their belongings in a multiple shack fire, last Saturday. Here Titus Baloyi and Thomas Mufamadi hand over blankets to a community member.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/04\/02\/firefighters-hindered-in-their-efforts-to-extinguish-makause-fire\/attachment\/dav-46\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2019\/03\/IMG_20190325_144703-Custom-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-200725\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-200725'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Germiston branch of the Red Cross assisted 53 community members from the Makause informal settlement with blankets after they lost their belongings in a multiple shack fire, last Saturday. Here Titus Baloyi and Thomas Mufamadi hand over blankets to a community member.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/04\/02\/firefighters-hindered-in-their-efforts-to-extinguish-makause-fire\/attachment\/dav-47\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2019\/03\/IMG_20190325_144750-Custom-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-200726\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-200726'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Germiston branch of the Red Cross assisted 53 community members from the Makause informal settlement with blankets after they lost their belongings in a multiple shack fire, last Saturday. Here Titus Baloyi and Thomas Mufamadi hand over blankets to a community member.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/04\/02\/firefighters-hindered-in-their-efforts-to-extinguish-makause-fire\/attachment\/dav-48\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2019\/03\/IMG_20190325_144817-Custom-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-200727\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-200727'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Germiston branch of the Red Cross assisted 53 community members from the Makause informal settlement with blankets after they lost their belongings in a multiple shack fire, last Saturday. Here Titus Baloyi and Thomas Mufamadi hand over blankets to a community member.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/04\/02\/firefighters-hindered-in-their-efforts-to-extinguish-makause-fire\/attachment\/13gcngeneralcros_70370\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2019\/03\/13GCNGENERALCROS_70370-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-200355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2019\/03\/13GCNGENERALCROS_70370-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2019\/03\/13GCNGENERALCROS_70370-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2019\/03\/13GCNGENERALCROS_70370-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2019\/03\/13GCNGENERALCROS_70370.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-200355'>\n\t\t\t\tRemains of a Makause informal settlement shack following a multiple shack fire, last Saturday.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/04\/02\/firefighters-hindered-in-their-efforts-to-extinguish-makause-fire\/attachment\/13gcngeneralcros_40700\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2019\/03\/13GCNGENERALCROS_40700-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-200356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2019\/03\/13GCNGENERALCROS_40700-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2019\/03\/13GCNGENERALCROS_40700-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2019\/03\/13GCNGENERALCROS_40700-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2019\/03\/13GCNGENERALCROS_40700.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-200356'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Germiston branch of the Red Cross assisted 53 community members from the Makause informal settlement with blankets after they lost their belongings in a multiple shack fire, last Saturday. Here Titus Baloyi and Thomas Mufamadi hand over blankets to a community member.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/04\/02\/firefighters-hindered-in-their-efforts-to-extinguish-makause-fire\/attachment\/13gcngeneralcros_97733\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2019\/03\/13GCNGENERALCROS_97733-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-200357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2019\/03\/13GCNGENERALCROS_97733-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2019\/03\/13GCNGENERALCROS_97733-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2019\/03\/13GCNGENERALCROS_97733-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2019\/03\/13GCNGENERALCROS_97733.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-200357'>\n\t\t\t\tLittle remains of 17 Makause informal settlement shacks following a multiple shack fire, last Saturday.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Hav<\/strong><strong>e a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-admin\/germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\">germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>or Leigh Hodgson (News Editor)<span 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