Two men escape residence fire in PMB
Two men made a lucky escape from a burning home in Pietermaritzburg.
Emergency teams arrived on Wednesday morning to find the pair trying to extinguish the flames along Bangalore Road in the Northdale area.
Plumes of thick smoke could be seen billowing from the single-storey property.
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ER24 spokesperson Russel Meiring says the men believed to be in their 40's and 20's were treated for smoke inhalation.
"Medics assessed the two men and found that both had suffered minor to mild smoke inhalation."
"Medics treated the two men for their injuries and thereafter transported one of them to Northdale Provincial Hospital for further care. The second man declined transportation to a hospital," he said.
Meiring says the details surrounding this incident are not yet known.
A house on fire in Pietermaritzburg this morning on 46 Bangalore road. Fire emergency teams have rushed to the scene. @ECR_Newswatch pic.twitter.com/X33znOpLcg
— Logic Malinga (@Logic_Malinga) October 30, 2019
