Johannesburg Emergency Services is urging residents to use extreme caution while keeping warm as the winter cold bites and more load shedding looms.
Many people resort to paraffin or wood fires to try and stay warm, but this could be a lethal mistake with numerous suffocations or fire deaths reported in recent years.
Johannesburg Emergency Management Services spokesperson Robert Mulaudzi says, “Residents of the City of Johannesburg are urged to express extreme caution while using any heating and cooking devices since we are told that the cold front will be upon us throughout the City of Johannesburg. We urge them not to leave any heating devices unattended, things like paraffin stoves, candles, heaters so [that] we can be able to prevent fire incidents over this cold weekend.”
Well, that was lit ? Thank you to all the boardrooms warriors and firefighters that contributed in today coming to fruition?.
Johannesburg residents can sleep easier knowing they will receive adequate help in case of emergencies. #JoburgFireEngines? pic.twitter.com/Wog19JoQB3— Herman Mashaba (@HermanMashaba) June 13, 2018
