{"id":918500,"date":"2022-01-22T07:14:53","date_gmt":"2022-01-22T07:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/22\/durban-cbd-building-fire-emergency-teams-remain-on-standby\/"},"modified":"2022-01-22T07:14:53","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T07:14:53","slug":"durban-cbd-building-fire-emergency-teams-remain-on-standby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/22\/durban-cbd-building-fire-emergency-teams-remain-on-standby\/","title":{"rendered":"Durban CBD building fire: emergency teams remain on standby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><!--sse--><\/p>\n<p>Durban &#8211; Emergency teams are still on standby at a building in the Durban CBD where a fire broke out on Friday. Reports from the scene indicate that the building is still alight. <\/p>\n<p>Police, medics and firefighters remained at the scene overnight. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Emer-G-Med spokesperson, Kyle van Reenen, said there have been no further injuries however Emer-G-Med paramedics remain on standby to assist on scene if required.<\/p>\n<p>He added that traffic in the area is still being diverted and residents in the close proximity are urged to keep all windows and doors closed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"RelatedArticlescss__StyledRelatedArticles-sc-10g88yu-0 ezIKFV\">\n<h2><span>MORE ON THIS<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"baobab-embedded-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/e62ae0f7-ee1c-543b-885d-bc667ce08e1a&#038;operation=CROP&#038;offset=0x0&#038;resize=899x1599.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"610\"><figcaption>Picture: Supplied<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><video class=\"ion-video\" controls poster=\"https:\/\/sp.rmbl.ws\/s8\/6\/m\/o\/k\/6\/mok6c.OvCc.1.jpg\" data-channel=\"IndependentOnline\"><\/video><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday,  reported that 13 people were rescued  from the building, situated in Pixley Kaseme (West Street) where many Chinese traders operate from.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;They were treated for injuries ranging from minor to moderate. No children were found or injured. No fatalities were reported,&#8221; van Reenen said. <\/p>\n<p><strong id=\"strong-36ecc7e494dd6f3f1549d486514e9b6b\"><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--\/sse--><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Durban &#8211; Emergency teams are still on standby at a building in the Durban CBD where a fire broke out on Friday. Reports from the scene indicate that the building is still alight. Police, medics and firefighters remained at the scene overnight. Emer-G-Med spokesperson, Kyle van Reenen, said there have been no further injuries however [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-918500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=918500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918500\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=918500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=918500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=918500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}