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Fire scare at Nust as blaze threatens campus buildings

Panic gripped the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) in Bulawayo yesterday morning after a raging grass fire swept towards key buildings, threatening infrastructure worth millions of US dollars.The blaze, suspected to hav…

Published: 01 Sep 2025 at 07:18hrs | 642 | by Staff reporter

Woman dies in Eastview cabin fire

Residents of Eastview, Harare, are mourning the death of a woman who perished after a wooden cabin she was sleeping in caught fire.The tragic incident occurred on August 25, 2025, at around 10:00 PM. Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) national…

Published: 27 Aug 2025 at 05:49hrs | 230 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo fire destroys US$500,000 property in Burnside

A fire has destroyed property valued at an estimated US$500,000 in Bulawayo's Burnside suburb, with authorities blaming the blaze on illegal and uncontrolled burning.The incident occurred at stand number 244 Arnold Way, where occupants wer…

Published: 25 Aug 2025 at 20:52hrs | 428 | by Staff reporter

Fresh fire razes Glen View complex again

Barely three weeks after President Emmerson Mnangagwa declared the Glen View Area 8 Home Industry Complex a state of disaster, another fire has gutted part of the bustling market, leaving scores of traders reeling from fresh losses.The bla…

Published: 17 Aug 2025 at 18:42hrs | | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo hit by wave of lithium battery fires

Lithium batteries meant to power homes are instead turning them into death traps, as a surge of fires linked to poorly installed solar systems sweeps across Bulawayo.So far this year, 10 homes have been destroyed and one life lost. Added t…

Published: 08 Aug 2025 at 17:38hrs | 814 | by Staff reporter

Massive fire guts Glen View 8 furniture complex in Harare

A destructive fire broke out at the Glen View 8 Furniture Complex on Sunday morning, 27 July 2025, triggering a large-scale emergency response from the City of Harare's fire brigade and volunteers from the Emergency Help Group.Authorities …

Published: 27 Jul 2025 at 20:55hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter

Mysterious car fires destroy 4 vehicles

A wave of mysterious vehicle fires has struck the Chiwaridzo suburb of Bindura again, leaving four cars destroyed on Thursday morning and raising alarm among residents who fear they are being targeted by arsonists.Vimbai Kamhuka of Mugaram…

Published: 18 Jul 2025 at 20:56hrs | | by Staff reporter

Fire guts Bulawayo stock feed factory, truck destroyed

A devastating fire tore through a local stock feed manufacturing plant in Bulawayo yesterday, destroying hundreds of hay bales and gutting a truck and trailer after sparks from a welding machine ignited a blaze.The fire erupted shortly aft…

Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 08:58hrs | | by Staff reporter

Fire ravages Harare grocery outlets

Small business owners in downtown Harare are appealing for government intervention after a devastating fire tore through a block of grocery shops in the early hours of Sunday morning, reducing their livelihoods to ashes.The inferno, whose …

Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 10:27hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter

Churchill High fire: Bulldogs fight back

The Churchill Alumni Association has launched a fundraising campaign dubbed "From Ashes We Rise" to rebuild Winston Hostel at Churchill High School, which was destroyed by fire on Monday afternoon.The hostel, which housed Form 1 and 2 stud…

Published: 29 May 2025 at 13:27hrs | 921 | by Staff reporter

Devastating fire ravages Magaba in Mbare

A fierce blaze erupted late last night at the bustling Magaba area in Mbare, leaving a trail of destruction and despair among Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) traders who lost equipment, stock, and their livelihoods.The fire, which tore t…

Published: 17 May 2025 at 20:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mysterious Fire at house of a Johane Masowe member

A mysterious fire has been burning in the home of a Johane Masowe Apostolic Church member in Chegutu since last Thursday, leaving residents puzzled and prompting an appeal for assistance from spiritual leaders.The fire, located in Ward 12,…

Published: 15 May 2025 at 09:43hrs | 882 | by Staff reporter

NRZ goods train catches fire

A National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) goods train ferrying coal from Hwange to Zambia caught fire earlier today at the Pandamatenga siding site, triggering an emergency response from local authorities.NRZ spokesperson Mr. Andrew Kunambura …

Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 17:27hrs | 727 | by Staff reporter

Cars firebombed outside Chivayo, Tagwirei's properties

A series of deliberate firebomb attacks rocked Harare's central business district overnight, targeting commercial properties linked to influential businessmen Wicknell Chivayo and Kudakwashe Tagwirei, as well as a service station believed …

Published: 28 Mar 2025 at 11:40hrs | 3583 | by Staff reporter

New fire station for Cowdray Park

The rapid expansion of Cowdray Park, Bulawayo's largest suburb, has prompted the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to establish a new fire station to improve emergency response times in the area and its surroundings.Currently, the city operates …

Published: 25 Mar 2025 at 11:45hrs | | by Staff reporter

Man sets ex-wife's home on fire

A 50-year-old man from Mutare, Zvenyika Gomo, has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for attempted murder and criminal damage after setting his ex-wife's home on fire in June 2024.On the night of 9 June 2024, Gomo broke into the house of…

Published: 08 Mar 2025 at 14:44hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter

Man sets bedroom on fire in attempt to kill stepdaughter

The Mutare Regional Court has sentenced 50-year-old Zvenyika Gomo to 16 years in prison for attempting to murder his two stepdaughters by setting their house on fire while they were asleep.Gomo, who was facing charges of attempted murder a…

Published: 07 Mar 2025 at 07:02hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter

Fire destroys property at RMS warehouse in Bulawayo

A devastating fire at the Road Motor Services (RMS) warehouse in Bulawayo destroyed property valued at approximately ZWG2 million yesterday morning. The blaze, which broke out at around 7:37 am, was swiftly contained thanks to the prompt r…

Published: 13 Dec 2024 at 09:30hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa declares Mbare inferno a disaster

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared the devastating fire that ravaged the Mbare Traders Market a state of disaster, paving the way for urgent assistance and resources to support thousands of traders affected by the destruction.The de…

Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 08:56hrs | 1152 | by Staff reporter

WATCH: Belarus fire engine malfunction, Gwanda Fire Brigade struggles

A Toyota Runx was completely gutted by fire this afternoon outside Gwanda city centre, near the NSSA complex along the Bulawayo-Beitbridge Road, after the Gwanda Fire Brigade faced challenges in extinguishing the blaze.The fire team report…

Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 08:45hrs | 401 | by Staff reporter

Mbare fire evidence disappears

Investigations into the cause of the devastating fire that engulfed Mbare Musika last week have reportedly stalled as vendors rushed to clean up and reclaim the affected space, NewsDay has learned. The fire, which destroyed goods and merch…

Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 13:26hrs | | by Staff reporter

Fire breaks out at Mbare Musika market

A massive fire broke out at Mbare Musika market in Harare on Tuesday night, wreaking havoc on the bustling informal trade hub and destroying countless properties and livelihoods. The blaze, which started late in the evening, continued to r…

Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 07:57hrs | 1680 | by Staff reporter

NRZ fire likely sparked by discarded cigarette stub

A carelessly discarded lit material, possibly a cigarette stub, may have sparked the massive fire that destroyed 51 decommissioned passenger coaches at the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) mechanical workshop in Bulawayo on Monday, acco…

Published: 19 Sep 2024 at 07:31hrs | 280 | by Staff reporter

51 train coaches destroyed by fire in Zimbabwe

A fire that broke out at the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) mechanical workshop in Bulawayo on Monday afternoon destroyed 51 decommissioned passenger coaches, the parastatal has confirmed. The suspected veld fire spread rapidly, reduc…

Published: 17 Sep 2024 at 19:45hrs | 789 | by Staff reporter

Lithuania seizes shipment of fire trucks to Zimbabwe

Lithuania is holding onto 17 fire engines seized in 2021 while being shipped to Zimbabwe from neighbouring Belarus which is under European Union sanctions, officials said on Wednesday.Zimbabwe's new attorney general Virginia Mabhiza, appoi…

Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 19:03hrs | 2308 | by Staff reporter

Drunk man dies in inferno

In a disturbing incident that happened at Nyika Growth Point in Bikita, a man died after his house caught fire while he was drunk on the night of August 17.A charcoal heater found in the house is believed to be the cause of the fire that c…

Published: 24 Aug 2024 at 12:49hrs | 399 | by Staff reporter

Granny burnt alive, child smashed to death

MANYAYA Village under Chief Mutema in Chipinge was last Sunday plunged into deep mourning following a spine-chilling and mind-boggling incident in which a man burnt a defenceless granny beyond recognition, before crushing the head of her n…

Published: 23 Aug 2024 at 07:11hrs | 1471 | by Staff reporter

Second fire in 5 days guts Matopo High School

A FIRE has gutted another building at Matopo High School in Matabeleland South, barely a week after a dormitory was razed to a shell by an inferno on Friday morning.In a message to parents, the school headmaster Mr Gardson Sibanda said fir…

Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 15:50hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter

Fire razes dormitory at Matopo High School

Fifty-two learners at Matopo High School in Matabeleland South escaped unhurt when a fire gutted a school dormitory housing boys in the early hours of Friday but their personal belongings and some school material were destroyed in the infe…

Published: 06 Jul 2024 at 11:41hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter

Man catches ex-lover pants down, sets hut on fire

Following a heartbreak, a man from Kensington faced further distress when he discovered his former partner in bed with another man. Enraged, he set fire to the hut they were in before attacking the man with a machete.Mandlenkosi Mhlanga (4…

Published: 25 May 2024 at 12:49hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Man throws 5-year-old into blazing hut

A MENTALLY ill man from Zaka in Masvingo went berserk and torched a grass-thatched hut before throwing a juvenile in the raging inferno resulting in the boy succumbing to the burns, police said yesterday.Masvingo provincial police spokespe…

Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 04:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Politics of ethnicity: Jumping from the pan into the fire

BELOW is a book excerpt from In Search of the Elusive Zimbabwean Dream, Volume III (Ideas and Solutions) by Professor Arthur Mutambara.President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new Cabinet shocked many because of the crass ethnicity and primitive cla…

Published: 29 Sep 2023 at 08:31hrs | | by Arthur Mutambara

Govt salary offer â€˜too little', say teachers

UNIONS representing teachers have accused government of negotiating in bad faith as they dismissed the latest salary offer as too little. Public Service minister Paul Mavima announced at the weekend that government would table a new salary…

Published: 29 Jun 2023 at 20:59hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Fire guts Mpilo Hospital office

Another fire gutted an office at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo, less than two months after an inferno destroyed property at the referral hospital.The latest fire incident, which was caused by faulty electricity cables, damaged propert…

Published: 29 Jun 2023 at 20:59hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

75 pupils cheat death in bus inferno

ABOUT 75 Pakame High School pupils cheated death yesterday when their hired Inter Africa bus burst into flames after being involved in an accident along the Harare-Bulawayo Highway.The students were travelling from Harare back to school in…

Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Fresh turmoil hits Mupedzanhamo

EFFORTS to bring sanity at Harare's Mupedzanhamo flea market were dented yesterday after police were involved in running battles with illegal vendors returning to the area.Police had to throw teargas canisters to disperse vendors, days aft…

Published: 14 Oct 2022 at 05:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Esigodini fire victims identified

Police have released the names of the 10 victims who died while trying to extinguish a raging veld fire at Rodrose Farm, Esigodini yesterday.In a statement, national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed that the…

Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 19:38hrs | | by Staff reporter

18 passengers cheat death as Harare-bound bus catches fire

Eighteen passengers early today cheated death after a Harare-bound BM Transport bus they were travelling on caught fire on the outskirts of Masvingo city along the Harare-Masvingo highway.All the passengers and the crew managed to escape f…

Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 18:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mupedzanhamo set ablaze

SUSPECTED Zanu-PF youths on Friday night and Saturday went on a rampage, torching vending tables and secondhand clothes at Mupedzanhamo flea market in what is believed to be a revenge mission against vendors who refused to pay toll fees to…

Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 06:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa to fire political army generals

MDC leader Nelson Chamisa, has warned he will fire senior military and security officers who have meddled in the country's politics.Chamisa said this on Wednesday, while addressing party supporters gathered to pay tribute to the late oppos…

Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 08:07hrs | 1 | by newzimbabwe.com

Guard against uncontrolled fires

Whilst EMA is doing a great job in public awareness on the dangers and damages caused by veld fires, everyone must do their bit in eradicating the menace. Boxes of matches and lighters are not toys, they must be kept far away from the reac…

Published: 22 May 2019 at 20:24hrs | 1 | by Thomas Murisa.

Mugabe to Mnangagwa: From frying pan into fire?

A time comes when overwhelmed Africans desperately desire to see a change in leadership and don't pay rapt attention to the details of the next leadership provided it is a new face. This desperate measure for a change can't be totally disd…

Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 13:51hrs | 1 | by Omolola Lipede

'We saw fire consume fellow passengers'

A SOMBRE atmosphere fills the air as relatives and passers-by watch in disbelief at the charred remains of a bus which has somewhat been turned into a mass grave.The remains of people that have been reduced to ashes lie scattered all over …

Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

When firing backfires

As tempting as it is to engage in a full-on legal analysis of the government's decision to fire striking nurses, I will keep this piece as general as possible because the legality of the actions can be an entire thesis of its own.Vice-Pres…

Published: 25 Apr 2018 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Paul Kaseke

Joram Gumbo under fire

Transport minister Joram Gumbo has come under fire from various stakeholders in the economy for failing to transform parastatals under his portfolio and develop critical infrastructure in the country.The Zanu-PF legislator was appointed to…

Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 16:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

2nd replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7 catches fire

A second replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7 device, deemed safe by the company, has caught fire in the US, US media report.Samsung has been forced to issue new models of the smartphone following complaints of faulty batteries.A man in Kentu…

Published: 09 Oct 2016 at 21:32hrs | | by Tech Reporter

The veld fire menace

As I was writing this article, a veld fire was raging across a part of Trenance in Bulawayo, destroying whatever else in its path, grass, trees, and reptiles.It was unattended and would die down after it had devoured whatever it could.A ki…

Published: 24 Aug 2016 at 06:37hrs | | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

House fire in Queenspark - WhatsApp update

Please note that Bulawayo24 does not edit WhatsApp updates. We publish them as sent by our readers and we do not disclose the sender's telephone number. 16:10pm, 9 May 2014 - +263 7* *** ***: There is a house fire at ** Chetland in Queensp…

Published: 09 May 2014 at 14:32hrs | | by Concerned Resident

Bulawayo unveils fire fighting equipment

THE Bulawayo City Council on Monday unveiled two fire engines and fire fighting equipment donated by Operation Florian, bringing to eight, the number of fire engines that the local authority now owns.The two engines and equipment are value…

Published: 23 May 2012 at 04:42hrs | | by Staff reporter

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