Another fire damages Gauteng school
A fire destroyed a storeroom at the Protea South Primary School in Soweto in the early hours of Friday morning.
This is the second school to report a fire in the province since the first day of the new academic year, after the admin block at the Khutlo-Tharo Secondary School in Sebokeng also gutted by a blaze on Wednesday.
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Gauteng Premier David Makhura warned at the time that the provincial government will not be attending to schools damaged by fires as a result of protest action.
Johannesburg emergency services spokesperson Nana Radebe says the cause of the fire is still unknown.
"Only the storeroom was on fire and we managed to contain the fire. Fire safety officers are currently on scene doing preliminary investigations of what had caused the fire."
No injuries or fatalities have been reported.
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi is set to visit the school on Friday.