House damaged in a Fire in Trenance Park

A house on Casper Crescent in Trenance Park – Verulam was extensively damaged in a fire.

Members of Reaction Unit South Africa were called out to the residence by the public reporting the fire. Upon arrival Reaction Officers found one bedroom engulfed in flames. With the use of garden hoses Officers confined the fire to one part of the house. The blaze was extinguished by Firemen who arrived at the scene a short while later.

According to a neighbor they noticed smoke emanating from one of the bedrooms. They managed to wake up three males aged 22, 18 & 5 who were asleep in the house while their mother was at work. Upon investigating they noticed there mother’s room on fire. They then contacted RUSA for assistance. No one was injured in the fire.

The cause of the fire is said to be an electrical fault however this is yet to be established.