Emergency Medical Services(EMS) at the collapsed building in New Doornfontein, Johannesburg, where a student and three security guards sustained third-degree burns following a transformer explosion. A student and three security guards sustained third-degree burns following a transformer explosion at a student residence in New Doornfontein on Monday morning. Speaking from the scene, Mulaudzi said their control rooms received a call just before 6 amreporting a substation fire in the area.
Speaking from the scene, Mulaudzi said their control rooms received a call just before 6 am “We dispatched emergency services. On arrival, we found that a substation was on fire. During the incident, there was an explosion, and a wall collapsed.
Three people who were in the vicinity were injured,” Mulaudzi said. He said authorities were informed that the building is a student residence. “We were told that one of the injured is a student because the building is in a student area, and three others are security officials who were around the building, bringing the total number of injured people to four,” he said. Mulaudzi said it has not yet been confirmed whether there are any other people trapped under the rubble.
