WATCH: City Power suspects fire on M1 highway in Joburg CBD caused by vandals

The fire under the M1 double-decker section has been raging since the early hours of Wednesday morningThe blaze led to power outages in several parts of the city including Braamfontein, Page View, Parktown, Melville, Amalgam, Vrededop, Johannesburg, and surrounding areas.City Power said it suspects that the fire on the M1 highway in Johannesburg may have been sparked by vandals. Parts of Johannesburg‘s inner city were filled with smoke on Wednesday morning after underground cables caught alight.

“Preliminary findings indicate that the fire affected the cable from the Fordsburg substation to the Braamfontein substation. The exact area of the fire will be determined when the fire has been extinguished and the smoke has cleared,” Mangena said. “There has been a disturbing trend around the vandalism of transformers, causing prolonged recurring outages in areas,” said Mangena.

Meanwhile, the M1 Highway in Central Johannesburg is currently closed in both directions between Empire Road in Parktown and Carr Street in Newtown due to a fire under the M1 overpass.Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department spokesperson Xolani Fihla said officers are assisting with traffic control and diversions in the area.

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