Kwa Mai Mai fire

It is believed that illegal electricity connections were the cause of the fire that left over four hundred families homeless.

This is not something we want to see going on,” Phalatse said. It is the housing department that needs to get the site ready where shacks will be erected for the affected individuals. That’s not going to happen today, they need two hours to a week.”

Joburg Housing MMC Mlungisi Mabaso has confirmed that they have taken all people who were affected by the fire to temporary housing.

“As we are still in the process of developing township establishments, that particular facility is in the boundary that we are going to develop,” said Mabaso. Mabaso said the department is in the process of developing township establishment and the informal settlement is within the precinct. “What we need to engage on is to clear the site to make sure it is habitable and the department will be on site as of Monday to make sure we undertake all the processes,” added Mabaso.

City of Joburg mayor Mpho Phalatse has blamed illegal connections for the fire that destroyed about 400 shacks and left one person dead and several injured ...

The team is working on bringing aid as we are talking,” said Gift of the Givers co-ordinator Tapiwa Marima. “We have a fire safety officer on the scene who is conducting investigations. We are looking at providing immediate aid which is in the form of hot meals, water, blankets, mattresses, shelter and more. Radebe said previously a fire was caused by the lighting source that they were using. There might be a number of causes of the fire… At the moment we don’t know what caused the fire,” said Radebe.

Johannesburg Emergency Medical Services on Sunday said one person died after a fire ravaged about 400 shacks near Kwa Mai Mai in Jeppestown.

“On arrival, we found that there was fire everywhere. The cause of the blaze was not immediately clear. The blaze was reported to EMS shortly after midnight.

Johannesburg Emergency Medical Services on Sunday said one person died after a fire ravaged about 400 shacks near Kwa Mai Mai in Jeppestown.

Kwa-Mai Mai is situated next to the Kaserne building which was demolished by the City of Johannesburg last month after it too was gutted by fire in April 2021. The fire at the dilapidated building killed nine people. "One person was found dead when we were still doing search and rescue and another person suffered burns in the neck and hands and she was taken to hospital,” Radebe said.

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Johannesburg emergency services have contained the blaze that claimed the life of one person and left hundreds of others homeless near Kwa Mai Mai.

One person died and 100 others were taken to hospital with minor injuries.” “On arrival we found the whole area was affected. JOHANNESBURG - Johannesburg emergency services have contained the blaze that claimed the life of one person and left hundreds of others homeless near Kwa Mai Mai.