The Tshwane emergency services department is investigating the cause of a fire that ravaged the home of one of its officials.
Spokesperson Charles Mabaso said the department received a call at about 5.26pm on Monday about a house fire in Doornpoort, north of Pretoria.
“The deputy chief responsible for the Tshwane emergency services department's training academy reported that his house was on fire.
“Multiple firefighting resources were immediately dispatched to the incident and arrived on scene to find the house fully engulfed by fire. Most of the roof had already collapsed.”
A spokesperson for the Sinoville Fire Brigade Association detailed the firefighters' struggle to extinguish the blaze to a local publication.
They eventually put it out, but most of its contents were unsalvageable.
No injuries were reported and the cause is being investigated.
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