[WATCH] KWV brandy saved from the flames
A fire erupted in a part of the KWV bottling plant in Southern Paarl in the Western Cape on Tuesday morning.
Drakenstein Municipality's Riana Geldenhuys says two KWV employees and a municipal firefighter sustained minor smoke inhalation injuries.
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Geldenhuys says re-inforcements were called in from elsewhere to help fight the fire.
"Drakenstein Municipality's Fire Services Department, together with firefighting teams and vehicles from the Cape Winelands District Municipality and Stellenbosch Municipality, attended to the fire at a building consisting of three adjacent stores," she adds.
Geldenhuys says the flames were distinguised before it could reach the tanks storing KWV's world renowned brandy.
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The cause of the fire is unknown and is being investigated by the police.