{"id":31465,"date":"2015-07-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/echonews.sites.caxton.co.za\/31465\/load-shedding-blames-for-fire-2\/"},"modified":"2015-07-10T10:22:13","modified_gmt":"2015-07-10T08:22:13","slug":"load-shedding-blames-for-fire-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2015\/07\/10\/load-shedding-blames-for-fire-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Load shedding blames for fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Tjie family, from Extension 24, woke up to an &#8220;uncontrollable blaze&#8221; during the early hours of Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p>A tenant injured his hand while trying to escape the fire and was taken to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Community members came out in numbers to assist in extinguishing the fire. They used buckets of water and sand as well as hose pipes.<\/p>\n<p>According to Mr Tjie, one of his tenants fell asleep with a candle still burning after the electricity went off early that evening.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Load shedding blames for fire, Middelburg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dqBN4r2-H9o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The home owner blames load shedding for the incident.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My tenant wouldn&#8217;t have lit a candle had the electricity not gone off. This load shedding has left me with damages worth hundreds of rand&#8217;s.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Fire Department was called but by the time they arrived on the scene the community had already successfully extinguished the fire.<\/p>\n<p>As the family was cleaning up on Monday morning damaged laptops, cellphones, stoves and beds were found.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Because we are forced to use candles and primus stoves during load shedding, I would like to advice people to always ensure that they are switched off to avoid suffering the same fate, especially those who live in shacks,&#8221; Mrs Jester Tjie said.<\/p>\n<p>The Tjie family would like to thank the community of Extension 24 for their assistance.<\/p>\n<p>A video of the aftermath of the blaze is available on www.mobserver.co.za.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-31465 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><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\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2015\/07\/10\/load-shedding-blames-for-fire-2\/attachment\/img-20150707-wa000_612953869\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2015\/07\/IMG-20150707-WA000_612953869-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-31467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2015\/07\/IMG-20150707-WA000_612953869-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2015\/07\/IMG-20150707-WA000_612953869-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2015\/07\/IMG-20150707-WA000_612953869.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-1-31467'>\n\t\t\t\tThe aftermath of the feirce fire allegedly caused by load shedding.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<article id=\"post\" class=\"post-31362 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news-general content-print\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Send a message to our SMS line 37 940 or add us onto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MiddelburgObserver\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MOBSERV\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> to receive your free daily news updates.<\/p>\n<p>Also check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCs1fP1J8BpepNwIfk2qeVkQ\" target=\"_blank\">Video\u2019s<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCs1fP1J8BpepNwIfk2qeVkQ\" target=\"_blank\">Youtube<\/a> daily!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Load shedding destroyed my two shacks, &#8221; Mr James Tjie complaint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":31466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Naledi Malekane","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-municipal-news","category-news-headlines"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Municipal"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31465","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\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}