WATCH: Shops damaged in Durban CBD fire
Firefighters and emergency workers have managed to contain a blaze that broke out at a double-storey building - in the Durban city centre.
Three stores and an apartment were engulfed in flames - on the corner of Dr Yusuf Dadoo Street - formerly Grey Street and Denis Hurley Street - that's the old Queen Street.
Rescue Care's Garrith Jamieson says a number of people have been hurt.
"Rescue Care paramedics together with Durban Fire Department and SAPS are currently on scene in the Durban city centre where there is a building on fire. At this stage, reports are that multiple patients have been injured as a result of the fire. Services are on scene - more ambulances are mobile to assist."
Emergency workers and firefighters have managed to contain a blaze that broke out at a two-storey building, in the #Durban CBD. Video: @rescuecare pic.twitter.com/3rwhzGgNeY
— ECR_Newswatch (@ECR_Newswatch) April 10, 2019
Dr Yusuf Dadoo Street is closed to traffic, while Denis Hurley Street is also partially blocked.
Meanwhile, in a separate incident - three people were treated for inhalation injuries following a chemical explosion at a factory in Clairwood, south of Durban, last night.
According to reports from the scene, they were working with chemicals at the time of the blast.
They were taken to hospital after being treated on scene.
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