Mediclinic has confirmed to Eyewitness News that a staff member sustained minor injuries and two were treated for smoke inhalation after a fire broke out at Panorama Hospital in Cape Town s northern suburbs.
The City of Cape Town’s specialist extrication team within the Fire & Rescue Service are competing against 71 other international teams in the World Rescue Challenge.
Temperatures in the Western Cape reached over 40 degrees Celsius on Sunday in some places, as reports of fires emerged in a number of hot spots in Cape Town and also Paarl, Worcester and Robertson.