Another building fire in Johannesburg CBD opposite Hillbrow police station.

By Lehlohonolo Lehana.

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Another building fire has broken out in Johannesburg Central Business District (CBD) opposite the Hillbrow police station.

City of Johannesburg public safety MMC Mgcini Tshwaku said authorities were first alerted to the blaze on the corner of Van Der Merwe and Klein streets at around 4pm, and that two fire engines and a water tanker were on the scene.

Tshwaku also said no injuries were reported.

He said that the City had embarked on an inspection of buildings that pose a fire risk.

The Hillbrow fire comes days after a South African Revenue Service (SARS) building in Marshalltown. 

SARS Commissioner Edward Kieswetter said the fire was successfully extinguished due to the prompt and efficient response by fire rescue services.

The cause and extent of the fire is unknown at this stage and will be investigated.

And on 31 August, a fire ripped through an illegally occupied building on 80 Albert Street in the Johannesburg CBD.

Seventy-seven people were killed, scores injured, and many left destitute.

Johannesburg remains one of the world’s most unequal cities with widespread poverty, joblessness and a housing crisis. It has about 15,000 homeless people, according to the Gauteng government.

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