JOHANNESBURG Jan 9 Sapa
THREE INJURED IN P'MARITZBURG FIRE

Three people were seriously injured and 12 sustained minor injuries in a three-storey building fire in Pietermaritzburg's Church Street on Friday.

ER24's Derrick Banks said the incident took place on Friday morning at the Karanicha's Building in Church Street. By 2pm, paramedics were still at the scene.

"When ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene, they found the building fully engulfed in flames but the fire department was already in attendance." he said..

Banks said the ER24 team rescued people from all floors.

"One rescue worker found a patient on the second floor hiding, she had suffered severe smoke inhalation and had to be carried down the stairs to the ambulance.

"All the patients were treated on the scene for smoke inhalation and were transported to nearby hospitals in the area for further treatment," he said.

The police were investigating the cause of the fire.

Source: Sapa