THREE Merebank flats were badly damaged by a fire this morning (Thursday, 5 April).
Wentworth SAPS and other emergency services rushed to the scene where they found the double storey building on fire.
“The occupants of the flat 134, a mother, her 12-year-old daughter and a three-month-old baby, as well as a security officer on duty and a cleaner were all treated for smoke inhalation by paramedics,” said Wentworth SAPS spokesman, Capt Mbuso Gumede.
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According to Garrith Jamieson, the fire was extinguished at about 11am and five people were treated for injuries.
The building’s managing agent, Mr Lockhat told police no-one was unaccounted for from the affected flats and he would not comment on the cause of the fire.
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