The Citizen writes that the City of Johannesburg Emergency Management Services has successfully extinguished a fire at a blanket factory in Nancefield industrial site, south of Johannesburg. Firefighters responded to the blanket factory blaze at around 9pm on Tuesday evening. Joburg EMS spokesperson Robert Mulaudzi said he exact cause of the fire is being investigated. “On arrival, firefighters found the building well alight managed to evacuate all workers on duty safely out of the building  unharmed. They started conducting firefighting operations and the fire has been stopped, no further injuries reported during this fire incident. “Preliminary investigations indicate that the fire started by the machine used to manufacture blankets,” Mulaudzi.

by Faizel Patel