Two people have died, and four others injured, after a fire gutted a residential building at Commissioner and Nugget Streets, in the Johannesburg CBD.
City of Joburg Emergency Management Services (EMS) said it responded to a call about a building fire in the early hours of Sunday.
“Two people were found dead as search and rescue operations continue at the building fire.
Two people jumped from the second floor, and three people were rescued from the balcony.
The fire operation continues at the two-storey building that was engulfed with flames earlier this morning,” said EMS spokesperson, Nana Radebe-Kgiba.
She said four people were transported to nearby health care facilities for further medical care.
Residents on the building were seen outside, some in blankets while others with few clothes on, as they rushed out of their rooms to safe their lives.
According to Radebe-Kgiba, the fire spread very quickly, affecting different levels of the building “because of the combustible materials used.”
“EMS will conduct preliminary investigations to determine what caused the fire after firefighting operations are done,” added the spokesperson.
This is one of the fire incidents that have engulfed parts of the CBD recently.
