By Obakeng Maje
Rustenburg- Police are investigating a case of Arson and this follows after a four-roomed house situated at Tau Section in Luka village was set alight by unknown people.

“It is alleged that the house belongs to a 38-year-old National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) affiliate, who works as an Instructor at Shaft One at  Implants. The incident took place on the early hours  of 10 April 2014 , at about  01 :00” Brigadier Thulani Ngubane said. 

Properties including bedroom suit, ward robes, sewing and embroidery machines were destroyed by the fire.

Only one room was burnt and the damage is estimated to the value of R50 000.

No one was injured as the house was unoccupied.

“It is alleged that tenants who are renting a backroom were woken up by smoke inhalation and saw that one of the rooms had caught  fire. They managed extinguished the fire before it could damage the whole house” Ngubane said.

The cause of fire is unknown and police are still investigating. No one has been arrested.

Police said incidents of this nature where people’s houses are targeted and burnt during the night will not be tolerated.-TDN
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