Gauteng emergency services kept on their toes

JOHANNESBURG - Emergency services have been kept busy in Gauteng this festive season.

In Soweto, a blaze broke out at a five-bedroom house, leaving two people dead on Sunday night. And in Ekurhuleni, a landfill site caught fire just before Christmas.

They are also now on high alert amid warnings of severe thunderstorms and flash floods.

READ: Severe thunderstorms forecast for parts of Joburg

Provincial Cooperative Governance MEC Mzi Khumalo spoke to the eNCA.