{"id":964995,"date":"2024-07-09T16:50:52","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T16:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/dm-simulator-v2\/?p=964995"},"modified":"2024-07-09T16:50:52","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T16:50:52","slug":"joburg-ems-cautions-residents-on-safe-use-of-heaters-amid-cold-front","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/joburg-ems-cautions-residents-on-safe-use-of-heaters-amid-cold-front\/","title":{"rendered":"Joburg EMS cautions residents on safe use of heaters amid cold front"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Johannesburg Emergency Services (EMS) continues to caution residents on the safe use of heating devices while keeping themselves warm during the cold front that has hit most parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>EMS spokesperson Robert Mulaudzi says no incidents were reported throughout the city.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No major incidents were reported overnight and this morning throughout the City of Johannesburg due to the cold front. Residents are encouraged to look after heating devices. The City of Johannesburg Emergency Management Services remains on high alert monitoring all seven regions of the city for any emergencies that might occur.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">No major incidents were reported over and this morning due <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ColdFront?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#ColdFront<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CityofJoburgZA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@CityofJoburgZA<\/a> residents are encouraged to continue to exercise caution when using heating devices ie Heaters not to leave them unattended while in use to prevent fire incidents at home. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoJPublicSafety?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@CoJPublicSafety<\/a> (RM) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Jjehf0r4Io\">pic.twitter.com\/Jjehf0r4Io<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 City of Joburg EMS (@CityofJoburgEMS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CityofJoburgEMS\/status\/1810511844194288016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johannesburg Emergency Services continues to caution residents on the safe use of heating devices<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":964996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[217],"tags":[713,608,214],"class_list":["post-964995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-south-africa","tag-cold-front","tag-ems","tag-johannesburg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=964995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/964996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=964995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=964995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=964995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}