Appeal for any help for family who lost entire home to blaze
Elderly pensioner and two sons safe, but now left with nothing
Police are investigating a case of arson at a Nemato RDP house neighbouring the Enkuthazweni Special Needs Centre.
The house was gutted by fire last Thursday.
Enkuthazweni teacher Lifa Nxobo witnessed the blaze.
“I was at work when it happened. I saw a smoke and our fire sensor started buzzing.
“We had to rush kids out of classes, but when we went out that’s’when there s fire at we our noticed neighbour that’ s house,” Nxobo said.
“We rushed to check, but luckily there was no one inside.
“We called [a fire department employee] who was a few minutes away from the fire station but then she rushed there and came back with the fire fighters, and in the end, the fire was now no longer burning.”
He did not know the cause of the blaze.
He said the RDP house owner was an elderly pensioner, whose two sons lived with her.
Knowing the plight of the victims, who lost everything in the fire, Nxobo appealed to the public to offer any form of help.
“I went inside and took these pictures to ask for help because this mother struggles, so just imagine to start up fresh at that age. It’s kind of impossible,” he said. When Talk of the Town asked police spokesperson Capt Mali Govender about the incident after rumours that the fire was set deliberately, she said: “A case of arson is currently being opened for investigation, no arrests have been made.”
Contact Nxobo on 084-6032984 if you would like to help. The elderly woman does not have a cellphone, according to Nxobo.