{"id":91401,"date":"2025-05-21T13:20:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T11:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/?p=91401"},"modified":"2025-05-21T13:22:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T11:22:48","slug":"watch-fire-damages-epping-factory-over-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/watch-fire-damages-epping-factory-over-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH | Fire damages Epping factory over weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While many Capetonians embraced the chilly and cosy weather on Sunday, the atmosphere in Hawkins Avenue, \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Epping 1, was anything but peaceful, as flames engulfed a local factory the night before.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The City of Cape Town&#8217;s Fire and Rescue Service responded swiftly after receiving reports of a blaze at approximately 20:40 on Saturday 17 May. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident took place at a premises believed to belong to Fine Chemicals.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We had several crews on scene and the Incident Management Team Type 4 was activated, as the scale of the incident necessitated such a response in terms of manpower and vehicles,&#8221; confirmed Jermaine Carelse, spokesperson for the City&#8217;s Fire and Rescue Service.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Carelse, firefighters quickly established two divisions to contain the spread of the fire and worked methodically to bring the situation under control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By 23:30, the fire had been extinguished.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FWCLiveTraffic%2Fvideos%2F701069922432000%2F&#038;show_text=false&#038;width=265&#038;t=0\" width=\"265\" height=\"476\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-varying-degrees-of-damage\">Varying degrees of damage<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Crews battled container and drum fires during the operation, and thorough inspections revealed that all four floors of the building had suffered varying degrees of water, smoke, and fire damage.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The manager of fine chemicals was instructed to have a structural engineer assess the integrity of the building,&#8221; Carelse added.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fortunately, no injuries were reported, though the full extent of the damage is still being assessed. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The cause of the fire has yet to be determined and remains under investigation,&#8221; says Carelse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capetown.gov.za\/departments\/Fire%20and%20Rescue%20Service%20Department\">Contact details for the City Fire services<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>READ: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/taxi-overturns-near-jumbo-in-epping-driver-injured-in-crash-20241114\/\">Taxi overturns near Jumbo in Epping, driver injured in crash<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firefighters battled a late-night fire at a factory in Epping 1 on Saturday. 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