Underground fire in Joburg CBD

[SecretCode]

No thread about this yet. Has anyone been in the area?

Firefighters battle underground fire in Jo'burg - Mail & Guardian Online: The smart news source

At least 30 firefighters were working on dousing an underground fire in the Johannesburg CBD on Monday morning, emergency services said.

Spokesperson Percy Morokane said they had been working since early Sunday evening to contain the electrical fire after a pedestrian noticed
smoke billowing out of a manhole on the corner of Loveday and Jeppe streets.

Power concerns for Jo'burg CBD after fire - Mail & Guardian Online: The smart news source

"The technicians can't even enter the tunnel yet -- the heat and gases are such that we cannot," said Pieterse.

"They can't even assess the damage, so it is difficult to say when supplies will be up ... for the city, maybe late this week," Pieterse said of plans to get businesses in the country's economic hub up and running again.
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Above ground, businesses in about 40 street blocks were without power and dysfunctional traffic lights set off major congestion and gridlock.

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[JHatman]

Poor city doesn't need this. At least nobody got fragged.

 

[semiautomatix]

Could be no power until next week!

 

[SecretCode]

I saw something in a newspaper lying around today. The fire was blamed on all the damage caused by all the power cuts last year.

 

[gregmcc]

I saw something in a newspaper lying around today. The fire was blamed on all the damage caused by all the power cuts last year.

You mean they haven't blamed apartheid yet!