Johannesburg – A car accident in Kempton Park, Johannesburg, caused a fire to break out at a factory on Saturday evening, paramedics said.

Netcare911 spokesperson Chris Botha said a car had veered off the road at the intersection of Griffiths and Jet Park Roads and crashed into the factory’s flammable liquid store.

“… [The] factory [was] engulfed in flames with balls of fire shooting a 100m into the night sky,” he said.

Paramedics had to wait while firefighters worked to control the blaze.

It was not immediately known whether the occupants of the car managed to escape the fire.

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