Attacks at out-of-service Gugulethu fire station cost more than R500K WeekendArgus
Cape Town - A spate of attacks on the Gugulethu fire station since July last year has cost the city council more than R500000 - and one this month has caused the indefinite closure of the facility. The cost excludes the amount needed to repair the station’s bay doors, damaged in the most recent attack on June 14, which followed an attack on the Fezeka municipal office next to the fire station, in which a car and a carport were set on fire.
“Since then, there have been two further incidents, on February 17 and June 14,” said mayoral committee member for safety and security, JP Smith. Smith said the financial losses paled in comparison with the effects the attacks had on firefighters and the disruption of an essential service.
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