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Rutendo Nyeve, Sunday News Reporter
A 21-year-old man from Woodville has been arrested after he burnt 20 hectares of grazing land and another 40 hectares in the neighbouring plot after he failed to control a fire he had started.
Bulawayo Police Spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube confirmed the incident saying police received a case of a fire incident which occurred at a plot in Woodville, where about 20 hectares of grazing land was burnt and an additional 40 hectares of the same grazing land was burnt on the neighboring plot where the fire started.
“On 15 August 2024 at around 12am, the complainant a male adult aged 45 years of Woodville received a call from his employee informing him that there was a fire which they were failing to contain and that the fire was started at the neighboring plot by Sipho Lunga a male adult aged 21 years.
“Upon arrival at his plot he discovered that about 20 hectares of grazing land was burnt. A police report was then made. Sipho Lunga confirmed that he had started the fire as he was burning some bushes and the fire spread into the complainant’s plot leading to his arrest,” said Insp Ncube.
He warned members of the public from negligently or carelessly starting uncontrolled veld fires as there can be a serious threat causing damage to property, ecosystem and endangering lives.
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