Gauteng Community Members Angry After Firefighters Respond Late to Emergency, Netizens React

Gauteng Community Members Angry After Firefighters Respond Late to Emergency, Netizens React

  • Spruitview community in Gauteng was angry at the officials after they responded to an emergency late
  • The people shouted and chased away the firefighters who responded to a burning house hours later
  • The online community reacted to the video, with many expressing different opinions about the situation
Spruitview community members in Gauteng were angry after firefighters responded late to a burning house.
Community members were not happy after firefighters responded after hours to a burning house. Images: @diannaradebe/ TikTok, @Bloomberg/ TikTok
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A video showing people angry at firefighters after they took time to attend to an emergency has made rounds on social media.

In the TikTok clip uploaded by @diannaradebe, the house can be seen burning while people stand around, hopeless. They did all they could to stop the fire but with no luck. They also called the firefighters.

According to the caption, the fire team responded to the incident after hours. The house has already burnt into ashes. The community members shouted at the firefighters and chased them away.

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"Spruitview community chased them away...because they arrived after hours."

Gauteng community angry at firefighters

Watch the TikTok video below:

Mzansi shares different opinions

The video raked over 150k views, with many online users expressing different opinions.

@Mr2sweet2handle commented:

"School is very important how can you be angry at people for coming to help Ai that time traffic yenzani."

@Neo❤️😍✨ shared:

"Mara guys I understand their frustrations..."

@Xolani Slinda wrote:

"This will cost others in future cos they might be afraid to come when there are such incidents."

@Phaks🇿🇦 commented:

"I was gonna drive off and tell my immediate supervisor that my life wad threatened, I wasn't safe."

@Tshwarelo said:

"Are these fire fighters ever on time mara it seems they always late to the party."

@batyumze was sad:

"So painful."

@Vhaloi Lebuhani was not happy:

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"They arrived late😢😢 so sad."

Mzansi empathise after woman's house and car burns

In another story, Briefly News reported about a woman's house and BMW that went up in smoke.

For one unfortunate woman @kindneithenrelma, this nightmare became a reality as fire ravaged her home and precious BMW in the dead of night. She documented the tragedy, and shared the video on TikTok. It captured the gut-wrenching sight of her cherished possessions consumed by the inferno.

Source: Briefly News

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Sinothando Siyolo (Editor) Sinothando Siyolo is a Human Interest Writer at Briefly News. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree from the University of Cape Town (UCT), with majors in Media and Writing, Politics and Governance. Before joining Briefly, Sinothando worked as a Content Producer for Hibari Media and as a News Content Producer for The South African (TSA). He has the ability to write across various sections - News, Human Interest, Politics, Entertainment, and Business. He joined Briefly in 2023. You can contact Sinothando at s2pinyana@gmail.com

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