The Western Cape emergency crews responded to multiple wildfires across the weekend as the spread threatened homes. One fire, which was situated in the Suurvlakte area of Cape Winelands District Municipality split into two fire lines on either side of the Obiqua Mountain. At least one home,...
The latest building fire in the CBD has affected more than 100 families after a woman threw paraffin at the structure during a spat with her partner. The Johannesburg Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda, confirmed that the fire on Commissioner Street was allegedly set on fire by a...
Teledyne FLIR announced that Eye on Cloud (EOC) Tech, a video security and thermal imaging IP camera company, will use the Teledyne FLIR Lepton® radiometric thermal camera module in its early fire detection (EFD) series of IP cameras. EOC has plans to introduce the series of...
Last Thursday morning a fire erupted in the Olowu Spare Parts Market in the Ikeja area of Lagos State, Nigeria. Although since extinguished, the local area is still counting the cost of the incident - which saw multiple properties worth millions of naira razed to the...
Firefighters have been called to Matla Power Station in Mpumalanga in South Africa. The fire is believed to be due to a suspected fuel leak, although investigations are ongoing. Extensive damage has been caused to the power station, but no fatalties or injuries have been confirmed. Power supplier...
The recent fire that ravaged parts of Cape Town's Table Mountain has been contained by authorities, but still has no known cause. It began early on Friday evening in Fountain Ravine, in the Kasteelspoort area of Table Mountain. SANSParks said: "The fire has burnt up the steep...
A wildfire on Mount Kilimanjaro has reignited, despite fire officials thinking it was under control. The blaze began on Friday evening near the Karanga site used by climbers ascending the famous peak, at about 4,000 metres (13,000 feet) altitude on its south side. Hard winds helped fan...
Urgent firefighting assistance has been called to South Africa's Northern Cape region to support with battling blazes in the Kalahari region. Firefighting methods including aerial assistance have been requested, in order to tackle the raging fires in the area between Kuruman and Danielskuil, Kuruman and Kathu,...
Moroccan firefighters have been battling wildfires that have ravaged forests in five northern provinces of the kingdom for over a week. In the province of Larache, the largest fire is thought to cover nearly 5,300 hectares. Firefighters at the blaze brought it under control "at 70%", while...
Manufacturer of fire and life safety products, Kidde Safety Europe, has extended its range to include wireless radio frequency (RF) enabled alarm solutions. The latest products further enhance Kidde’s portfolio of smoke, heat and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms to offer greater flexibility and choice for residential...
