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Virginia’s fire truck not available to fight blaze at house Marti Will
HELP arrived too late for the house at 9 Inanda Road, Virginia, that was destroyed in a fire on the afternoon of Friday, 26 June. Neighbours tried desperately to help the home owner douse the fire, but to no avail. They are up in arms as despite numerous phone calls to the Virginia and Welkom Fire Departments pleading for help, the fire truck arrived too late. Freddie Khuze, acting fire chief: Fire and Emergency Services, says on 25 June, the day before, the chairperson of the commonage Delportsrus Matjhabeng municipal farm made a request for water to be delivered to the farm. “This amounted to 20 000 litres of water. It is a crisis because the Harmony Mine does not supply the farm with water any more. “We gave them a quote for R944,83 for the required service. This included charges for personnel per hour, kilometre usage and charges for water per kilolitre,” says Khuze. He says the farmer needed the water for seven shepherds, 540 cattle, 320 sheep, 220 goats, four horses and basic services. “I instructed the Virginia fire crew to fill the reservoir on the farm with water,” says Khuze. He says the Fire Department performs special duties such as the refilling of swimming pools, the refilling of road construction trucks, draining swimming pools, rescuing trapped animals and many more. “We chose the Virginia unit because the fire engine has a bigger water tank capacity (4 500 litres). They needed to shuttle five times between the farm and the Bedelia fire hydrant (the farm is 8 km outside of Welkom on the Bultfontein Road),” he says. The Virginia control room received the 9 Inanda Road fire report on Friday, 26 June, at 14:52. The Odendaalsrus fire unit responded. They arrived on the scene at 15:50. The fire truck travels at 40 km/h. Dirk Smit, DA councillor for Virginia, says he was made aware of the fire, and also contacted the Fire Department. “I was told the fire truck was attending to a fire on a farm somewhere. Early Saturday morning (27/06) I was informed that the real reason the truck had not been available was that it had been delivering
THE Virginia control room received the 9 Inanda Road fire report at 14:52 on Friday, 26 June. The Odendaalsrus fire unit responded. They arrived on the scene at 15:50. The fire truck travels at 40 km/h. The Virginia fire truck was filling a farm reservoir with water. The farm is on the the Bultfontein Road. Photo: Marti Will water to a cattle farmer on the Bultfontein Road. “I have informed and requested the municipal manager to lodge an investigation into this matter. I am awaiting feedback from the MM. A similar event happened about three months ago in Begonia Street when a house burned to the ground without proper response from the
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