WATCH | Mother attempts to save baby from burning building in Durban
This follows the looting incidents and violence in KZN, which have been ongoing since Sunday.
A video of residents trying to escape from a burning building, at the corner of Field (Joe Slovo Street) and Smith Street (Anton Lembede Street), has emerged on social media today, 13 July.
In the video, a woman, who was trying to save her baby, can be seen trying to throw the child to people who were waiting at the bottom.
A woman can be heard, in the video, describing the incident as it unfolded.
“My God, the woman wearing a pink gown will get hurt. We are at City Life at the corner of Smith and Field Street. It’s burning, the ladder they trying to rescue her with will break,” she said.
Resident, Thami Fresher Khuzwayo wrote on Facebook, “Myself and nine other people have managed to escape. Thank God for the SAPS and firefighters. I am alive guys.”
This follows the looting incidents and violence in KZN, which have been ongoing since Sunday.
WARNING SENSITIVE FOOTAGE
[WATCH] Toddler rescued from a fire. Looters started a fire after stealing everything from the shops on the ground floor. They then set fire to the building, affecting apartments upstairs. Neighbours caught the little girl 🥺#ShutdownKZN watch @BBCWorld for more pic.twitter.com/LTMTAa7WAz
— Nomsa Maseko (@nomsa_maseko) July 13, 2021
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