WATCH: Fire breaks out at Education's Umgungundlovu district office
Updated | By Portia Cele
Firefighters are tackling a blaze at KZN Education's Umgungundlovu District office in Pietermaritzburg.
"We haven't been able to establish as to the cause of the fire yet. Suffice to say that we were alerted by the district director this morning," Education's Muzi Mahlambi said.
KZN Education says it's too early to speculate as to what could have caused a blaze that's engulfed the building.
Firefighters are tackling a blaze that broke out in the early hours of this morning at #KZN Education's Umgungundlovu District office in Pietermaritzburg. The dept. says it's too early to speculate as to what could have caused the fire. Video - supplied. pic.twitter.com/6qWxKGjKND
— ECR_Newswatch (@ECR_Newswatch) July 4, 2019
Firefighters from Msunduzi are working to contain the blaze that broke out in the early hours of this morning. Education's Muzi Mahlambi says a number of documents were kept at the facility.
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"Naturally the district office will house documents such as HR documents - varying from different units housed at districts. These could be infrastructure documents, school nutrition documents and salary documents," he said.
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