Fighting fires in Durban
Firefighters were kept busy on Thursday with two fires in Durban.
|||Durban - Firefighters battled grass and bush fires at the Durban Country Club golf course on Wednesday.
Alfred Newman, divisional commander at the eThekwini Fire Department, said vagrants were suspected to have started the fire.
However, he cautioned the golf course management to take adequate measures to dispose of the establishment’s trimmings and other waste products.
No buildings were affected by the fire, which started at about 3pm yesterday.
Brian Turner declined to comment on behalf of the club.
Another fire broke out last night in Greyville. Newman said it took hours to extinguish the fire in Lennox Road.
“We received a call that the Continental Bakery was on fire, but when we got to the scene it was actually the ManTech electronic shop that was alight,” he said.
The fire was so strong that three fire engines and a hydraulic platform were used to douse it.
“The hydraulic platform helped to extinguish the blaze from the top.” The cause of the fire was not known, but the officers would go back to the business today to investigate further, Newman said.
He said the firefighting team got back to the station after midnight. It was called to the scene at about 9pm.
Daily News
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