No idea wtf is going on here
Posted: Thu May 12, 2022 11:35 am
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That is what was reported in the news. However, the truck didn't run out of water, it arrived empty with the wrong hose. Not that it would have helped, there's not much water available from the hydrant.CognitiveDissident5 wrote: ↑Thu May 12, 2022 2:23 pm My racist eyes tell me the fire truck has no water and is reliant on members of the public carting buckets of water on.
- Residents in Koster in the North West used buckets to try and fill a fire truck with water from a nearby hydrant while local businesses went up in flames on Tuesday
Carel van Heerden from the Kgetlengrivier Concerned Citizens says the fire trucks were empty because the Kgetlengrivier Municipality had no water
Van Heerden claims the ill-equipped firefighters did not have the correct hose to connect to the fire hydrant directly
He alleges that the water meant for the fire trucks is often sold by municipal workers in the water-scarce town
No major injuries were reported and residents believe that the fire was caused due to gas explosion at one of the local shops.
The Kgetlengrivier Concerned Citizens group is currently in a protracted legal battle with the municipality over control of water and sewage in the area.When the fire started a day before yesterday, they were phoned by the community to come and help and there was no water in the [fire trucks] and they didn't have the hose to connect it from the fire hydrant to the [fire truck]. That is why they opened the fire hydrant and they poured water into the buckets and into the [fire truck]... but that didn't help because there was not a lot of water available and not a lot of force.
Carel van Heerden, Chairperson - Kgetlengrivier Concerned Citizens https://ewn.co.za/2022/05/12/watch-buck ... ter-crisis
They want to take over water and sewage projects in Koster and Swartruggens from the dysfunctional municipality.