By Mashamba Media
news@alexreporter.co.za
City of Tshwane Emergency Services Department responded to a factory on fire in Ga-Rankuwa Zone 14 industrial area on 20 August 2023 at approximately 18:37.
Multiple units/plants of SVA Electronics were engulfed by raging flames when firefighters arrived on the scene.
According to Tshwane Emergency Services Department spokesperson,
Charles Mabaso, two fire engines, two water tankers and an aerial ladder truck were dispatched to the incident to help contain and fight the blaze.
“The two water tankers had to shuttle water for firefighting operations because of the absence of fire hydrants nearby the factory.
“Firefighters and factory workers had to move multiple 25-kilogram bags of polypropylene and drums of Methyl ethyl ketone to safety to avoid them catching fire,” said Mabaso.
Mabaso said it had not been determined what other flammable and combustible chemicals were in the factory when approximately twenty units/plants of SVA Electronics were gutted by the blaze.
He said firefighters managed to contain and control the blaze even though firefighting operations continued throughout the night to the morning of 21 August 2023.
“Cooling down operations were still ongoing at the time of releasing the statement.
The cost of the damages has not yet been quantified and no injuries were recorded. The cause of the fire is still a subject of investigation,” Mabaso said.