A potentially tragic incident was averted at about 04:47 this morning, February 5, when a fire broke out at a residential complex in Weltevreden Park.

VR MED responded to a motor vehicle accident in Nico van Der Merwe street.

“Fire Ops teams were dispatched at approximately 09:00, where they encountered an intense blaze inside a container housing two 300kWh lithium-ion battery racks,” said Koekemoer. “Despite nearly two hours of conventional firefighting methods, the fire continued to escalate — a behaviour typical of lithium-ion thermal runaway.”