Video: Fire raged at Pinetown taxi rank – Anderson Road interchange closed
Traffic in central Pinetown is backed up due to the closure of the Anderson Road intersection after a fire broke out at the Pinetown taxi rank at 2am today.
TRAFFIC is backed up from Richmond Road to Old Main Road as the Anderson Road interchange has been closed due to the fire at the Pinetown taxi rank at about 2am today.
According to Blue Security’s Andreas Mathios, the Blue Security control room was inundated with calls, shortly after 2am, from the community saying that they could hear loud explosions coming from the Pinetown CBD.
“The explosions came from the illegally stored flammable liquid in the area,” Mathios said.
“This made it particularly hazardous for firefighters who did not know where or when the next explosion would occur.
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At this stage, it is unclear how the fire started.
“Damage to the infrastructure is expected to run into hundreds of thousands of Rands,” he said.
The fire department, Metro Police and first responders are still at the taxi rank keeping an eye on the situation.
There have been no reports of injury or fatalities.
