Four Kids Died in Joburg House Fire

The City of Johannesburg Emergency Management Services responded to a house on fire incident reported this Monday morning around 11h00 in Mayfair, Johannesburg

On arrival Firefighters found the house we’ll alight started conducting Firefighting operations, while conducting search and rescue operation four bodies of young kids ranging from 2years and below were recovered unfortunately they were confirmed dead on scene by Gauteng EMS Paramedics, it appears they might have suffered smoke inhalation during this fire incident.

The cause of the fire incident is believed to be a heating device which was in use before the fire started, our Fire Investigation team is site conducting preliminary investigations.

Residents of the City of Johannesburg are urged to exercise caution when using heating devices since the South African Weather Services has issued a warning for extremely cold temperatures from this Wednesday 21 May 2025 towards the week.

For Life Threatening Emergencies residents are urged to call our Emergency Services Call Centre on 011 375 5911.

Issued by the City of Johannesburg Emergency Management Services Communications Unit.