The City’s Water and Sanitation Pinelands sewer depot team, found themselves in the right place, at the right time, to go beyond the call of duty and save lives.
After a fire broke out at a double-storey residence in Heideveld, eight officials sprang into action as first responders, quickly evacuating the family from their home.
Among those rescued was a two-month-old baby, stuck in an upstairs bedroom.
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The team came across the fire last Monday, 20 November, while en route from attending to a blocked sewer in Athlone.
When the City’s Fire and Rescue services arrived on the scene, the fire had already been extinguished thanks to Lee-Roy Sheldon, Gideon Tyman, Naziem De Jager, Verona Joseph, Ismail Boer, Quinton Sakala, Faeeza Malherbe and Claudia Josias.
The team paid a special visit to the Smile FM studios where they spoke to The Ryan O’Connor Breakfast show about their heroics.
