Ten people were injured, two critically, when two cars collided head-on on the Watson Highway near Tongaat yesterday.
It is thought that one errant party crossed into the oncoming lane and the two light motor vehicles slammed into one another, coming to rest at the roadside wedged together. The engine compartment of one of the vehicle [...]

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Over sixty people were lucky to escape a burning bus unscathed on the N2 North bound carriageway near the M19 turn-off this evening.
It is thought that the driver of the bus noticed smoke filling the cab and had slowed the bus to a halt in the centre lane. People rushed from the doors at the [...]

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Photos taken by Chris Botha from Netcare 911. It is belived that the fire is at a warehouse next to The Citizen Newspaper in Industria West. No one was injured.

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A Bus and a truck collided head on in Molotto road in the Pretoria area Thursday evening at around 19h20. Details of the accident is still speculative, but it appears that the Putco Buss and a truck had collided head on and then bust into flames .
Paramedics arrived at a scene of absolute chaos; some of the [...]

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A house fire in 10th avenue Alberton claimed the life of an 80 year old female this afternoon just before 16h00. Although the cause of the fire is still speculative, fireman and paramedics arrived on scene to find the house engulfed in flames.
Firemen battled the inferno while paramedics stood by as it was reported that a [...]

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The Road Accident Fund was liable for damages to SABC TV reporter Vuyani Green, injured in a road accident while covering a fire, a Cape High Court judge ruled on Thursday.
Green was left with head injuries and a permanent scar on his face when the SABC car, driven by cameraman Etienne de Beer, hit [...]

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A husband and wife are both in a critical condition after they were dowsed with petrol and set alight. It is uncertain as to exactly what happened but paramedics from Netcare 911 and the Nigel fire services were called to a house in Nigel for the patients after they sustained critical burns.
When paramedic Helgaart Honeyball from the provincial services and [...]

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Six people sustain smoke inhalation in a flat fire at John Ross house on the Esplanade in Durban. A fire broke out on the 29th floor of the block of flats and the entire building had to be evacuated by the emergency services..
Paramedics from Netcare 911 was called to the scene and treated 6 people for [...]

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This morning Netcare 911 rushed to the scene of an accident on the N2 Twini Hill near Amanzimtoti. On arrival we found that a car collided into the back of a bakkie. The occupants a male and female fortunately managed to get out of the vehicle as it burst into flames and within minutes the car was a [...]

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This morning just after 07h00 the emergency services rushed to the Royal hotel. On arrival they found smoke bellowing out of the basement at the rear of the hotel.
The fire department and staff from the hotel evacuated all the people from their rooms. Among them was a large contingency of British lion supporters - non of them sustained [...]

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