Bulawayo Chief Fire Officer Richard Peterson retires
Bulawayo Chief Fire Officer Mr Richard Peterson has retired after serving the city for 11 years.
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Bulawayo Chief Fire Officer Mr Richard Peterson has retired after serving the city for 11 years.
Nine cars were burnt to shells following an explosion at a vehicle workshop in the early hours of yesterday in Bulawayo’s Thorngrove suburb. Police suspect foul play and investigations are underway.
A Kombi driver suspected to be unlicensed yesterday lost control of his vehicle, rammed into and seriously injured four vendors in the Bulawayo Central Business District.
PROPERTY worth more than $50 000 was reduced to ashes when a four-roomed thatched cottage caught fire after sparks from Zesa overhead cables ignited its roof in Bulawayo’s Harrisvale suburb.
TWO people were injured while property worth more than $50 000 was reduced to ashes after a 13-roomed double storey house was gutted by fire in Bulawayo’s affluent Selbourne Brooke suburb.
Three people died while one was injured in a road accident that occurred at the 70km peg along the Bulawayo–Tsholotsho Road near the St James High school turn-off. Bulawayo Chief Fire Officer Mr Richard Peterson confirmed the accident which occurred at around 4PM on Sunday.
A commuter omnibus rammed into a shop and injured seven pedestrians on a pavement in the city centre in Bulawayo. The driver and his conductor were also injured following the accident which happened on Tuesday.
ZESA employees lost property worth more than $25 000 after a five-roomed house they stayed in at Esigodini was gutted by fire.
Flash floods left scores of Bulawayo residents counting their losses, with the city’s Fire Brigade saying it was overwhelmed by distress calls following heavy rains that pounded the city on Sunday. Some residents in Nketa, Nkulumane, Tshabalala and Cowdray Park suburbs were among the worst affected.
Fire destroyed property worth more than $2 million in Bulawayo between January and June this year.