[DURBAN – 13 JANUARY 2012 AT 12H45]
Emergency personnel rushed to Victoria Embankment, to a block of flats that was on fire and with people entrapped inside the building.
When emergency personnel arrived on the scene, they found the building engulfed in flames, with smoke bellowing from the second floor. The members of public had evacuated the building and were standing on the side of the road. The Fire Department were able to control the blaze and eventually the fire was put out. SAPS Search and Rescue along with Firemen searched the building and found two bodies of two children aged between 1 and 3 burnt to death.
The mother was down stairs and was treated by ER24 paramedics once the news was broken to her about her children. She was taken to a nearby hospital to be treated for shock and get trauma counselling.
It’s unclear what caused the fire but the necessary authorities will investigate the incident further.
Derrick Banks, ER24