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News24 reports that an explosion rocked the Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) plant in Somerset West in the Western Cape on Sunday night. No casualties were reported.
RDM chief executive Jan-Patrick Helmsen said the fire broke out about 23:00 and added: "The fire was contained to the N86 magazine building and was extinguished by our internal fire department and the City of Cape Town's fire services. The cause of the fire has not yet been determined. However, police are currently on the scene and we are working closely with them." Helmsen said a "thorough investigation" would be conducted. DA councillor Peter Helfrich said the accident at the plant was "untenable" and explained as follows: “Many residents feel it is no longer safe for Denel to be based in Macassar. Many residents in Macassar have called me and asked [if] we [can] find a way to get Rheinmetall Denel Munition to move their plant out of the Macassar area.” In his view, the plant was too dangerous to be in a residential area. The blast follows a similar incident in 2018 which claimed the lives of eight people at the same site. A public inquiry is currently under way to determine what happened during the 2018 accident
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Tebogo Monama at News24
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