The City of Tshwane Emergency Services Department said several cars were destroyed in a fire at a scrapyard in Booysens on Saturday afternoon.
The Department said the incident was reported to it in the afternoon, and immediately dispatched a grassfire unit and a rapid intervention unit from Philip Nel Park Fire Station to the scene.
“Multiple additional firefighting resources from various stations including Atteridgeville, Bosman, Innesdale, Heuweloord and Centurion Fire Stations were dispatched to the scene as backup. These included two fire trucks, a water tanker, a ladder, and a district commander’s unit. Upon arrival, firefighters found that several vehicles in a scrapyard were on fire. They immediately began with firefighting operations and stopped the fire from spreading to a nearby factory,” said the Department spokesperson, Lindsay Mnguni.
Mnguni adds that the fire was extinguished at about 16:34, and no injuries were reported.
The cause of the fire has not yet been determined, nor how many cars were destroyed in the incident.
