SALT River residents are bedonnerd after a two-day blaze threatened to burn out of control.
Fire and rescue services spent two days fighting a fire after a building occupying a church and fabric warehouse went up in flames on Saturday afternoon in Salt River.
The incident took place in Spencer Road and the fire was reported around 3.50pm on Saturday afternoon of the building alight however firefighters only managed to extinguish the fire on Monday around 6pm.
Community worker Shamiel Abbass said the fire caused quite extensive and excessive damage.
He reveals: “I saw the fire services driving past me and was not sure what was happening but I am not sure how the fire started.
"What I heard from one of the neighbours is that there were vagrants making a galley but at the back of the building is a wood place as well where they make chairs so we cannot say what was the cause.”
Jermaine Carelse, spokesperson for the City of Cape Fire Service confirmed the incident and said that no one was injured however the cause of the fire is yet to be determined.
Carelse explains: “The incident was reported at around 3.50pm as a building alight in Spencer Road, Salt River, on Saturday the 19th of April. Crews from several Fire Stations were on scene including a IMT Type-4 team.
"The building housed two occupancies, the ground floor was used for fabrics and machinery whilst the first floor was used as a church. The name of the building is the Synagogue Prophetic Church.
"It should be noted Firefighters had to use force to enter the premises as most of the exits were blocked off by rolls of materials.
"The entire ground floor was destroyed, including the machines and fabrics. The concrete floor, separating the floors, were cracked due to the heat that was emitted from the fire.
"By Monday the 21 of April at around 6pm the fire was extinguished."