15 Shacks Catch Fire in Johannesburg CBD, Citizens Blame ANC for Hijacked Buildings Catching Fire

• Another hijacked building in the Johannesburg central business district caught alight
• 15 shacks were engulfed in flames, but no injuries or fatalities were reported in the latest fire
• South Africans have blamed the ANC for the problem of hijacked buildings in the CBD

Another fire has destroyed 15 shacks in Johannesburg's central business district (CBD).

The CBD has experienced many fires of late, resulting in numerous shacks being destroyed.

In the latest incident, 15 shacks caught on fire after a blaze broke out at an abandoned building in Jeppestown.

No injuries reported in latest blaze

Following the blaze, Joburg Emergency Management Services (EMS) spokesperson Robert Mulaudzi confirmed there were no injuries reported:

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“It’s one of the abandoned buildings in the CBD. The fire affected about 15 shacks. At this stage, no injuries have been reported. Also, the cause of the fire is still a subject of investigations."

Residents blame ANC for fire

Social media users, while saddened by the blaze, were not surprised by it and have blamed the ANC.

Numerous abandoned buildings in the CBD, which are taken over by vagrants, are prone to fires, and blazes destroying homes have become commonplace.

@skhosanalehakwe said:

“Corrupt ANC has brought this kak to us.”

Luigi Hendricks added:

“Nothing has been done in Johannesburg CBD to get rid of hijacked buildings. So this is what happens when you keep voting ANC.”

Minds Mkhize Binder said:

“Shacks in a city? What kind of nonsense is this? ANC is a government of fools. Deport all those foreigners in the CBD.”

Sfiso Xipitori Sana added:

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“Why shacks in city mara🤦?”

@johnson7_nkosi:

“How many more disasters are we to have before COJ can do something about these derelict hijacked buildings?”

@k9_reaper:

“The results of a failing state.”

Shops destroyed in CBD blaze

In a related article, three shops were destroyed in a fire in the Johannesburg CBD.

Briefly News reported that no one was injured and the cause of the fire was not known. South Africans expressed concern about the number of fires breaking out in the CBD and discussed what could be done to stop them.

Source: Briefly News