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#JoburgFire: Twitter accounts to follow for breaking news
A fire currently tearing through a Johannesburg CBD building is one of the biggest news stories on Twitter today.
While South Africans have the hashtags #JoburgFire to keep up to speed with developments, often hashtags can lead to unverified news disseminating.
Here are a few official, trusted Twitter accounts you can follow for more news on the developing story.
(Also, read our updating Johannesburg CBD fire roundup for more a more in depth look at the fire.)
City of Joburg
The City of Johannesburg’s official Twitter account.
@CityofJoburgEMS official is creating a buffer by directly splashing water into the building to prevent the fire from spreading. #JoburgFire ^LM pic.twitter.com/Nc0jXOyCy1
— City of Joburg (@CityofJoburgZA) September 6, 2018
Herman Mashaba
Johannesburg’s executive mayor.
We’re still here trying to put out the fire.
We have reinforcements from @CityofTshwane , City of Ekhuruleni and the OR Tambo fire unit to help us in fighting this blaze.#JoburgFire pic.twitter.com/XTuWf7bASz— Herman Mashaba (@HermanMashaba) September 6, 2018
Joburg Public Safety
Commuters are informed that Chancellor house station can’t be accessed due to a burning building in Saure street, all buses have been diverted to Miriam Mageba and Temi Mpiliso street.^BM pic.twitter.com/pZ52wnXg4l
— Rea Vaya Bus Transit (@ReaVayaBus) September 6, 2018
Michael Sun
Councillor and MMC for Public Safety in the City of Johannesburg.
I am beyond devastated and am heart broken today, we have lost 3 Joburg EMS firefighters due to a building fire in Joburg CBD. Our deepest condolences to the families and colleagues. RIP firefighters. pic.twitter.com/MUvj3z6nZL
— Michael Sun (@MichaelSun168) September 5, 2018
Rea Vaya Bus
Johannesburg’s inner city rapid bus transit service.
Commuters are informed that Chancellor house station can’t be accessed due to a burning building in Saure street, all buses have been diverted to Miriam Mageba and Temi Mpiliso street.^BM pic.twitter.com/pZ52wnXg4l
— Rea Vaya Bus Transit (@ReaVayaBus) September 6, 2018
City of Joburg EMS
JoburgFire Update: Sadly one of our own has fell from the building and has since passed on. @radebe_nana pic.twitter.com/QW6Y77zNQQ
— City of Joburg EMS (@CityofJoburgEMS) September 5, 2018
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