Firefighter dies in Joburg building blaze
A firefighter - who has fallen from a building - while attending to a fire in the Johannesburg CBD has died.
A blaze broke out at a building housing the Gauteng departments of health, human settlements and local government fire.
Johannesburg Emergency Services spokesperson, Nana Radebe says everyone has been evacuated and the situation is under control.
"One person has passed away. He was one of our firefighters," Radebe confirms.
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The cause of the fire is still unknown.
Doctor Sipho Sinabo, who is a deputy director-general at the department of health, says the staff was quickly evacuated from the building.
"We were told that the fire started on the 23rd floor and staff from the floor have been evacuated," Sinabo said.
.@CityofJoburgZA's MMC for Safety @MichaelSun168 briefing media on Provincial Govt building which has caught fire in CBD. One fire fighter has sadly passed away. Operations are under way to rescue three others. #joburgfire @radebe_nana @HermanMashaba pic.twitter.com/YLvLLgXMcj
— Luyanda Mfeka (@Lu_Mfeka) September 5, 2018
JoburgFire Update: Sadly one of our own has fell from the building and has since passed on. @radebe_nana pic.twitter.com/QW6Y77zNQQ
— City of Joburg EMS (@CityofJoburgEMS) September 5, 2018
We're on scene of another structural fire in the Joburg CBD on Sauer street. More details to follow. Images by @Zwane_2Li2Ls pic.twitter.com/kvAarPiSCE
— City of Joburg EMS (@CityofJoburgEMS) September 5, 2018