Heavy Joburg rain leaves school bus, woman trapped
A bus full of children were caught in flash floods during the heavy rain which hit Soweto on Friday afternoon.
Johannesburg emergency services says the 10-seater bus was transporting around 15 children when it got caught in the flash floods.
All the children were rescued unharmed.
Emergency services spokesperson Robert Mulaudzi says the learners, who were from different schools in the area, were travelling along Vuka Drive.
A major storm ripped through Johannesburg on Friday afternoon leaving various areas flooded.
"All learners who were traveling on a school bus along Vuka Drive in Soweto this afternoon, have been rescued unharmed," says Mulaudzi.
Emergency services were also called out into another incident in Naledi, where flash floods left a woman trapped in her house.
"We managed to drain all the water that was surrounding her house, it has now been taken care of,” Mulaudzi says, adding that emergency services will remain on high alert on Friday night.
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The four were trapped inside the burning vehicle. Another two people were pulled from the car and survived with minor to moderate injuries. "ER24 paramedics, along with other services, arrived on the scene to find the two vehicles on the side of the road. One of the vehicles was well alight," says ER24 spokesperson Russel Meiring.