SABC News reports that no deaths or injuries have been reported in the fire which damaged public health buildings and workers’ belongings in Flagstaff in the Eastern Cape on Saturday morning.
Ten buildings that accommodated 40 health workers were destroyed at the Holy Cross Hospital in Flagstaff. The fire which started at the Dutywa Community Health Centre, also burnt an incinerator room. Provincial health department spokesperson Mkhululi Ndamase confirmed the fire saying the incinerator room at a community health centre in Dutywa had been burnt to the ground by a fire that began outside the facility and later spread to other buildings. The fire began at around 10.30am. “The Department is making arrangements to accommodate the affected health workers while others will be released to go to their homes,” Ndamase indicated. Patients from healthcare facilities affected have since been transferred to Butterworth Hospital.
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