UDATE AT 10am Friday Volunteers left Sibuya at around 3am today, with the fire under control. However, new reports have just come in of the fire restarting and volunteers are preparing to return to the site. Two buildings were destroyed.…
In a tragic conclusion to the search for relatives of Noluthando Portia Siko, police have confirmed that the body of the former Makhanda resident was found in the aftermath of a fire. South African Police Service spokesperson Captain…
In an attempt to be proactive in managing uncontrolled fires, the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) has to date registered 217 Fire Protection Associations (FPAs). “The department is empowered by the National…
“A big blue flash – amazing, terrifying – bigger than a bolt of lightning,” is how a Boknes land owner described power lines arcing Wednesday night, shortly before flames tore across the veld, driven by gale-force winds. Weather data at…
Retirement complex residents, families evacuated Fire halted just before hospital grounds Residents battle flames with buckets and hosepipes to save their homes Twenty four hours after a veld fire was halted just short of a retirement…
The staff and owners of The Knock Shop in Cawood Street, Makhanda, are safe after a fire destroyed the furniture shop and all its contents this afternoon, Wednesday November 29. Quick action by the Makana Fire Services prevented the fire…
Bathurst village residents met recently to discuss what should become of Centenary Hall. The community facility was gutted in a fire on February 7 2022. Roofing and other items were subsequently removed from the building. Some residents…
The Ndlambe Traffic Department’s Port Alfred centre will house its offices in temporary structures with the intention of resuming services to the public as soon as possible, following a fire at the premises on the night of June 25.…
The Traffic Department in Port Alfred is closed following a fire inside the offices. Frustrated members of the public arriving to do business there this morning were greeted by the sight of empty offices and barrier tape. A statement from…
A security guard was admitted to hospital for smoke inhalation from a fire which started in the deli of Checkers Makhanda on Sunday (28 May 2023) afternoon. Swift action by employees assisted in quickly extinguishing the fire. In response…
A crowd of onlookers gathered on the street as thick smoke poured from a Scheepers Street, Station Hill home that caught fire around midday on Monday February 13. Family members and some neighbours frantically tried to save the family’s…
By NICK COWLEY It came as an almost physical shock to many Bathurstians to wake up one morning in February this year and find that the Centenary Hall, one of the village’s iconic landmarks, had burnt down during the night. A decision is…
A fire destroyed a disused building at Settlers Hospital in Makhanda around midday on 11 September 2022. Health Department spokesperson Yonela Dekeda said staff on duty noticed the fire close to the south-western boundary of the hospital…
Some of the saddest local news we heard on Monday February 7 was about Centenary Hall in Bathurst being gutted by fire, which started at about 4am. Ndlambe Municipality said the burglar alarm had been activated and Multi Security…
A fire that broke out at the University of Fort Hare in Alice has left a trail of damage in the economics building. The building, which burnt around 12.15pm on Sunday, housed lecture halls for scores of students and lecturer offices. The…
