A male, aged between 30 and 40-years-old was reported to be floating in a river in Ivory Park by an eyewitness from an informal settlement. |
Disaster management has made alternative arrangements with churches around the area. |
Except for a couple of bus accidents, there have been no major incidents. |
It (the bus) is stuck in the balcony on the first floor. |
One person sustained facial burns and 30 were displaced by the fire. |
She has been sick for a while, she cannot eat or drink and she cannot move. She needs hospital care. We have been instructed to get as many normal medical problems and those that are not too serious to the police station. |
Some of the workers were still busy in the factory, but none of them got hurt. |
The cause of death of all 12 appears to be traumatic asphyxia - they suffocated because they couldn't get out. |
The fire has been put out now (around 5pm). |
We had to remove 12 bodies. They died from traumatic asphyxia. |
We then had to break the entire bath out, and break the piece surround the plug out using ripsaws, hammers and chisels and all kinds of stuff. |