Bystanders and commuters heading to work, early last Tuesday morning, helped shop owners extinguish a fire that had broken out at a building on the corner of Spilsbury and President streets.<\/p>\n
Vincent Lepuru, a security officer who works at a nearby company and who was one of the first people on the scene, told the GCN that he made a call to the emergency services at 5.47am and they only arrived at 6.20am.<\/p>
Speaking to the GCN, William Ntladi, district manager media liaison for Ekurhuleni Disaster and Emergency Management Services (DEMS), confirmed that they serviced a call about the incident in the CBD.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe call was received around 6.05am, after members of the public came personally to the Germiston Fire Station to report the incident,\u201d he said.<\/p>
\u201cFirefighters swiftly responded to the scene and found what seemed to be a herbal shop on the ground level, with residential apartments above it, on fire.<\/p>\n
\u201cUpon arrival, shop owners were busy using the bucket brigade system as they tried to contain the blaze before the professional firefighters took over.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to Lepuru, the firefighters struggled to extinguish the fire promptly and received help from a second group of DEMS personnel.<\/p>\n
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\u201cA fire engine from Boksburg Fire Station arrived on the scene to back up the Germiston Fire Station crews.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe fire was contained and extinguished without further damage to the structure and its contents,\u201d said Ntladi.<\/p>\n
No injuries were recorded on scene due to the fire.<\/p>\n
The cause of the fire is still undetermined and is under investigation by DEMS fire safety officers.<\/p>\n
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