This afternoon, a man believed to be in his 40s was left critically injured when a fire broke out at his residence in Florida Park, west of Johannesburg.
ER24 arrived at 16h15 to find a residence and four light motor vehicles well alight. The City of Johannesburg Fire department were busy battling the blaze.
Medics assessed a man, believed to be in his 40s and found that he had sustained serious burns over most of his body, leaving him in a critical condition.
The man was treated and provided with advanced life support before he was transported to a nearby hospital for urgent care.
The details surrounding this incident are unknown, but local authorities were on the scene for further investigations.