The top five stories on www.germistoncitynews.co.za for the week, January 21 to 27, were:
1 Little boy (3) dies in tragic house fire: https://bit.ly/2jE0nit
Tragedy struck an Elsburg family, when their three-year-old son perished in a fire at their home, last Friday. The fire in Van Der Merwe Street, Elsburg, gutted the entire house. The boy’s mother and two-year-old sister, who were also in the house at the time, survived the blaze. Ekurhuleni Disaster and Emergency Management Services (DEMS) received a call at 9.16am about a house on fire.
2 Roads to be closed in Germiston CBD on Wednesday for memorial service: https://bit.ly/2jw6nMm
The metro remembered Mama Thandi Klaasen, an internationally acclaimed singer, song writer and stylist in a moving memorial service at the Germiston City Hall on Wednesday. Klaasen passed away on January 15, after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. She was a resident of Eden Park for a long time. As a result of the service several roads were closed.
3 Children must be alert when walking to and from school: https://bit.ly/2ka8SoI
The new school year is in full swing and the SAPS is warning school children to be alert and aware at all times. This comes after a number of cases have been reported, in which children have been robbed of their important belongings while walking to or from school.
4 Community supports Elsburg family: https://bit.ly/2jaTJUQ
After a horrific house fire in Van Der Merwe Street, in Elsburg, last Friday, which claimed the life of a three-year-old boy, the community took to social media to offer their condolences to the family. Germiston residents shared the family’s heartache and offered them support.
5 Firefighters’ quick response contains blaze: https://bit.ly/2ka70wm
Ekurhuleni Disaster and Emergency Management Services’ (DEMS) firefighting crews, from the Primrose Fire Station, raced to a factory fire in Kraft Road, Elandsfontein, recently. They received the call at about 5am and prior to arriving on the scene requested backup from both the Bedfordview and Edenvale fire stations. “Upon arrival, it was found that a rubbish bin and fork-lift tyres near the perimeter wall were on fire. Two attack lines were immediately established to contain and extinguish the blaze, working directly from the nearby fire hydrants,” said William Ntladi, district manager, media liaison for DEMS.
