An ordinary morning turned into a rush of a heart beat for workers and by-passers when a building caught fire on Thursday. Pelican building situated in Orlando West, Soweto is a run-down warehouse which house mechanic workshop.
The building caught fore unexpectedly sending workers into frenzy. The police responded abruptly and within minutes were joined by the fire brigades.
Teboho Phadi a worker at the building said “I was on my way from a nightshift when I decided to pass-by at a friend’s place, on my return I noticed smoke coming out of the building and alerted my colleagues who were fast asleep. As the door was locked we had to use spanner to gain entry, I believe the pile-up of plugs resulted in the fire”.
An estimated cost in damage is believed to be around R10 000 and no casualties were reported.
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