Joburg ems
Fire engulfs Joburg CBD building
Traffic was diverted around the scene with several roads closed off.
The fire broke out at in a residential area early on Wednesday morning near Mnandi Road.
Disaster management teams have been deployed across the metro to attend to any flames that could break out.
Firefighters extinguished the inferno and helped six people who were stuck on the roof to safety.
The father of a firefighter who died while battling a blaze at the Bank of Lisbon building says the structure will be demolished without any answers as to how his son fell to his death.
The city's EMS made the announcement after paramedics were attacked at the weekend while they were treating a patient.
One person is recovering in hospital after he jumped off the building when the blaze broke out on Saturday night from the 8th floor.
Emergency services have urged residents to stay hydrated.
At least three people have been killed in the last few hours.
This comes after nine children have been reported dead in shack fires across the country since Sunday.
Mashaba says no occupants will be allowed back into a hijacked a building that caught fire in Johannesburg until it has been declared safe.
A hijacked building on the corner of Jeppe and Nugget Streets caught fire on Wednesday morning, claiming seven lives. Survivors of the fire say they climbed out of the windows to escape the blaze.
Seven people were killed in the blaze which broke out on the second floor of a building on Nugget Street.
Joburg Emergency Services say vehicles will be delivered to 28 fire stations over the next six months.