{"id":76548,"date":"2017-12-12T11:17:14","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T09:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=76548"},"modified":"2017-12-13T08:09:31","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T06:09:31","slug":"watch-caught-video-explosion-frantic-search-trapped-fireman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2017\/12\/12\/watch-caught-video-explosion-frantic-search-trapped-fireman\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch &#8211; Caught on video: Explosion and frantic search for trapped fireman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fire broke out on Thursday 30 November at around 18:00. Members of the community as well as security groups and the fire department struggled to douse the flames.<\/p>\n<p>A loud explosion was heard:<\/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\/G2kcFK1ueas' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>Onlookers realised that one of the firemen has not resurfaced and was trapped somewhere in the building.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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\/YIewsDRWRdo' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gary van Jaarsveld, from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sayellow.com\/marble-hall-fire-department\" target=\"_blank\">Marble Hall Fire Department<\/a>, was pulled from the burning building by firemen and Gunmar Security officers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lees: <a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/76183\/gemeenskap-help-om-lyke-kiste-uit-te-dra-voor-vuur-avbob-verswelg\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gemeenskap help om lyke, kiste uit te dra<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He is currently being treated in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.netcare.co.za\/Hospitals\/moduleId\/2416\/HospitalId\/189\/controller\/HospitalDetail\/action\/Detail\" target=\"_blank\">Milpark Hospital<\/a> for third and second degree burn wounds.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dramatic video footage of a fire at OK Furniture in Groblersdal, shows an explosion and then how the community realize that one of the firemen are still trapped inside the building.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5031,"featured_media":76549,"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":[9769,9771,9773,9772,9770,1215,1531,9767,9768,21966,3842,9621],"class_list":["post-76548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-brandweer-marble-hall","tag-burnwounds","tag-degree-burnwounds","tag-fireman-injured-in-fire","tag-gary-van-jaarsveld","tag-groblersdal","tag-marble-hall","tag-marble-hall-fire-departmen","tag-marble-hall-fire-department","tag-middelburg","tag-milpark-hospital","tag-ok-furniture"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["brandweer marble hall","burnwounds","degree burnwounds","fireman injured in fire","gary van jaarsveld","Groblersdal","Marble Hall","marble hall fire departmen","marble hall fire department","middelburg","milpark hospital","ok furniture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76548","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=76548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76548\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}