{"id":106520,"date":"2019-12-09T15:38:46","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T13:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=106520"},"modified":"2019-12-10T08:21:58","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T06:21:58","slug":"newsflash-several-substations-fire-middelburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2019\/12\/09\/newsflash-several-substations-fire-middelburg\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWSFLASH: Video &#8211; Several substations on fire in Middelburg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Readers contacted <strong>www.mobserver.co.za<\/strong> with reports of smoke at the substation next to Mandela Drive on the way to Mhluzi as well as at the substation in Gholfsig.<\/p>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; min-height: 300px; aspect-ratio: 16\/9;' src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/CCKm8aiB1zI' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>Unconfirmed reports have also been received about another fire at a substation in Jeppe Street. A <strong>www.mobserver.co.za<\/strong> journalist visited the scene but could see no smoke or visible signs of a fire.*<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_106522\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106522\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-106522\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2019\/12\/fire2-520x400.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/12\/fire2-520x400.jpeg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/12\/fire2-300x231.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-106522\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo received via WhatsApp.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>DA ward councilor Damien Klopper confirmed reports of a fire at the Gholfsig substaion. But has no further details at this point.<\/p>\n<p>The cause and extent of the damage as well as what parts of Middelburg will affected is not currently known.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_106523\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106523\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-106523\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2019\/12\/fire3-520x400.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/12\/fire3-520x400.jpeg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/12\/fire3-300x231.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-106523\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo received via WhatsApp.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>*This article was edited to reflect the latest info.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reports have been received of at least two substations on fire in Middelburg.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5031,"featured_media":106521,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Jana Boshoff","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[1773,1616,1122,22307,2627,21966,22308,4796,4587,22310,22309,22312,22311],"class_list":["post-106520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-brand","tag-electricity","tag-gholfsig","tag-krag-weg","tag-loadshedding","tag-middelburg","tag-on-fire","tag-power","tag-power-out","tag-substasie-brand","tag-substation","tag-wat-gaan-aan-met-die-krag","tag-why-is-the-power-out"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["brand","electricity","Gholfsig","krag weg","loadshedding","middelburg","on fire","Power","Power out","substasie brand","substation","wat gaan aan met die krag","why is the power out"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5031"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}