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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 star...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 07:57hrs | 1668 | by Staff reporter
Swift action by Bulawayo Fire Brigade saves trucks and buildings
The Bulawayo Fire Brigade responded promptly to a massive fire that broke out at Cotton Printers in the Belmont industrial area yesterday afternoon, managing to save three trucks and nearby buildings ...Published: 30 Sep 2024 at 07:30hrs | 770 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo - Victoria Falls Highway now a death trap
Tragedy struck on Wednesday night when two people died, and their bodies were burnt beyond recognition following a head-on collision between two South African-registered haulage trucks on the Bulawayo...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 07:57hrs | 860 | 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) mechanic...Published: 19 Sep 2024 at 07:31hrs | 272 | 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. ...Published: 17 Sep 2024 at 19:45hrs | 787 | by Staff reporter
National Railways of Zimbabwe workshop in Bulawayo gutted by fire
The Bulawayo Fire Brigade is currently battling to contain a raging fire that broke out at the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) technical workshops, destroying several stationary wagons and passeng...Published: 16 Sep 2024 at 15:04hrs | 411 | by Staff reporter
Catholic priest dies in Zimbabwe accident
A tragic accident early this morning claimed the life of a man, believed to be a Catholic priest from Murombedzi, after his vehicle collided with a truck on the Chinhoyi-Chegutu Road. The crash occurr...Published: 15 Sep 2024 at 09:55hrs | 728 | by Staff reporter
Fire engulfs Zimbabwe Police Station, guts 12 vehicles
A HUGE fire yesterday extensively damaged at least 12 vehicles at the Southerton Vehicle Theft Squad (VTS) in Harare, with preliminary investigations suggesting an electrical fault was the likely caus...Published: 13 Jul 2024 at 11:35hrs | 83 | by Staff reporter
Fire guts Shearwater Adventures flat in Victoria Falls
A Fire burnt a flat at Bongoland in Victoria Falls on Friday evening.The flat is one of the block of apartments owned by Shearwater Adventures where the tour operating company's workers reside...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 19:32hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Defense Forces embark on nationwide recruitment campaign
The Zimbabwe Defense Forces (ZDF) has launched a comprehensive recruitment drive to bolster its ranks within the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) and the Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ).The ZNA is see...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 18:42hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Fire Brigade struggles to fight fires
The Bulawayo Fire Brigade has had to adapt to water shortages and a shortage of functional fire engines. Among the city's 18 fire engines, only four are operational, leaving each of the four fire stat...Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 04:51hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Ambulance shortage, staff exodus hit Bulawayo
Recent council minutes have disclosed that the Bulawayo City Council's fire and ambulance services department is severely hampered by a critical shortage of staff and service vehicles.The resc...Published: 15 Oct 2023 at 21:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean pensioner charged with wife's murder in Wales car fire
An 80-year-old pensioner from Zimbabwe has been accused of murdering his 77-year-old wife following a car fire incident in Swansea, Wales.Helen Clarke tragically lost her life due to her injur...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 19:26hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council loses 38 firefighters to Asia
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is facing a significant loss of firefighters, with many seeking employment in Asian countries, just as the city is grappling with a surge in fire incidents.Econ...Published: 12 Sep 2023 at 08:28hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo recording 10 fires daily
BULAWAYO has recently been having a sharp increase in fire incidents with the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) saying they are recording between eight to 10 fire calls daily and this has been taking a toll...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 08:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo flea burns
ABOUT 350 traders in Bulawayo have been left stranded after their wares were reduced to ashes by a raging inferno, which engulfed Mutize Flea Market, popularly known as the ‘Little Musina" early yes...Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa cuts ribbon on 23 fire tenders
IN a remarkable achievement by the Government, President Mnangagwa yesterday commissioned 23 firefighting trucks out of a total of 133 acquired from Belarus. A momentous step forward was also taken wi...Published: 19 Aug 2023 at 16:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Remittances anchor Zimbabwean economy
THE World Bank recently released global diaspora remittance statistics, which show that expatriates from low and middle-income countries sent over US$647 billion to their home countries in 2022....Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 07:52hrs | 9 | by Victor Bhoroma
Mnangagwa thrives on being an 'arsonist fireman'!
So, President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa wants to be celebrated for finally awarding ZANU PF founding leader Ndabaningi Sithole national hero status!Why would the same people who ostracized, ...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 22:50hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa thrives on being an 'arsonist fireman'
So, President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa wants to be celebrated for finally awarding Zanu founding leader Ndabaningi Sithole national hero status.Why would the same people who ostracised, vil...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 06:49hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Bulawayo fire tender destroyed by fire
TWO firefighters from Bulawayo City Council (BCC)'s Fire and Ambulances Services sustained severe burns while their fire tender was reduced to ashes as they battled to put out a veld fire at a plot in...Published: 15 Jun 2023 at 20:46hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'Dead' woman (76) found breathing in coffin
Mourners at the wake of an elderly Ecuadorean woman were startled to discover she was still alive.A hospital doctor in the city of Babahoyo declared Bella Montoya, 76, dead following a suspect...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 09:40hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
BCC engages private operators as ambulance crisis hits
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has engaged the services of private operators to augment the shortage of ambulance vehicles at its emergency services department amid revelations that the city last got...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 21:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Brain drain Hits Bulawayo fire brigade
AN exodus of firefighters has hit the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) as they are joining other professionals leaving the country in search of the so-called greener pastures.Acting chief fire offi...Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 16:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
French revolution brewing as France protests gets 'out of control'
Police clashed with over a million demonstrators opposed to President Macron's pension reformFrench authorities struggled on Thursday to suppress the protests against President Emmanuel Macron...Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean firefighters leave country for greener pastures
Zimbabwean firefighters continue to desert the country for greener pastures abroad, with two major cities, Harare and Bulawayo recording high numbers of resignations.Presenting his 2022 End-of...Published: 06 Jan 2023 at 19:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kombani Lodge goes up in smoke
PLUMTREE'S 52-bed Kombani Lodge was yesterday razed by an inferno that started as a veld fire near a Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) depot before a whirlwind lifted burning debris, which landed ...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police fail to break nurses' strike
GOVERNMENT yesterday dispatched riot police with dogs at Harare's Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals in a futile attempt to stop nurses from protesting against low salaries and poor working conditions....Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge upgrade creates 1 500 jobs
GOVERNMENT has created more than 1 500 jobs for locals under the ongoing US$300 million Beitbridge Border Post modernisation and upgrade project.Beitbridge is one of the busiest border posts i...Published: 26 May 2022 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Firemen thwart armed robbery after hoax call
Hoax calls are usually frowned upon by the Bulawayo Fire and Ambulance Services Department because they cost ratepayers thousands of dollars, but in December last year, a nuisance 999 caller put firef...Published: 03 Feb 2022 at 05:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean firefighters join nurses in leaving the country for better pay abroad
Samuel Chikengezha, a 35-year-old fireman, sits on a sofa in his modest home, staring at the television set while he stresses over how he'll make ends meet this month.He has not yet paid schoo...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 14:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: South Africa Parliament on fire
The building of the national assembly in Cape Town, South Africa caught fire on Sunday morning, with flames and black smoke seen from far away.Flames have been spreading in the building from t...Published: 02 Jan 2022 at 09:07hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Munatsi family seeks closure
A fire broke out in apartment C9 at the palatial Northfields Complex in Harare in the early hours of Monday.The occupant of the luxurious flat was top investment banker and chief executive off...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:08hrs | 8 | by Bishop Lazarus
Inside tragic Munatsi fire death trap
HARARE City Council fire chief Clever Mafoti yesterday downplayed suggestions that his crews could have saved Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency boss, Douglas Munatsi, who died in a shocking f...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 18:21hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo teen suffocates inside fuel tanker
A 19-YEAR-OLD from Pumula South in Bulawayo suffocated while his cousin was hospitalised after they went into a fuel tank to clean it in Kelvin North industrial site on Saturday.Onesisa ...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:24hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Harare loses 125 firefighters in one year
HARARE City Council has been hard hit by a shortage of firefighters after 125 of them left its employ since the beginning of the year for greener pastures due to poor working conditions.Counci...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 06:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Unpaid bills delay construction of Gweru fire sub-stations
GWERU City Council has said defaulting residents have delayed plans to raise $5 million required to kick-start the construction of two fire sub-stations in Mkoba and Senga suburbs.Speaking at ...Published: 08 Sep 2021 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nkulumane post office gutted by fire
PROPERTY worth $3 million was reduced to ashes when Nkulumane Post Office in Bulawayo was gutted by fire. It is suspected that the fire was caused by an electrical fault. The incident occurred between...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 05:48hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo police residential flat on fire
A FIRE broke out at police residential flat in the Bulawayo city centre yesterday destroying household property. Investigations into the cause of the fire are ongoing but tenants said they sus...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 14:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
U.S.-based Zimbabwean man pounded wife with hammer, set family house on fire
A Zimbabwean man faces a lengthy jail sentence in the United States after allegedly pounding his wife with a hammer and setting his family house on fire in a possible murder-suicide attempt.Go...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 19:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fire Hydrants can save lives and property
Latest disasters Ginimbi, Kariba accidents and the burning down of Chirundu block of flat in Belvedere have all been caused by fire outbreaks. From our simple analysis of why Zimbabweans are losing th...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 08:26hrs | 6 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
BCC investigates United Refineries water cuts
THE Bulawayo City Council has ordered an investigation into circumstances that led to one of the city's largest companies, United Refineries Limited (URL) suspending operations due to water challenges...Published: 15 Nov 2020 at 06:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pope Francis begin Southern Africa visit this week, not coming to Zimbabwe though
Pope Francis arrived late for his weekly address in St. Peter's Square on Sunday, explaining that he had been stuck in an elevator in the Vatican for 25 minutes and had to be freed by firefighters....Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:52hrs | | by Reuters
Mpilo Hospital doctor's house gutted by fire
PROPERTY worth thousands of dollars was reduced to ashes after a doctor's residence was gutted by fire at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo. It is suspected that the fire was caused by a heater which...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's fire brigade defies odds
Zimbabwe's widely respected fire brigade usually tackles house fires and traffic accidents, but it became a symbol of the regime during anti-government demonstrations that turned into violent looting ...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:27hrs | | by Ben Sheppard I AFP
Fire guts Kariba Hospital
Fire has destroyed a section of Kariba Hospital with firefighters now trying to contain the fire.The fire reportedly started from the Pharmacy section early this morning and the cause is yet t...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 10:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
SADC and AU have the blood of Zimbabweans on their hands
In life there are always those things that one always finds baffling - which never seem to make any sense - and, similarly, I also have two such things in my life.One of those seemingly inexpl...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 11:12hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Beitbridge not prepared for disasters
BEITBRIDGE residents have called on authorities to enhance the border town's disaster preparedness after officials conceded that facilities were not up to scratch.Unless major improvements are...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 08:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fire guts Bulawayo factory
PROPERTY worth more than $500 000 was on Tuesday evening destroyed in a fire that razed a business complex in the Belmont industrial area in Bulawayo.Bulawayo chief fire officer, Richard Peter...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 10:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Finally the one causing fires in Zimbabwe revealed. Where there is fire, there is politics
"Together, hand in hand, with our boxes of matches . . . we shall liberate this country."- Winnie Mandela, 1986As one stood surrounded by billowing smoke, In the shack industrial settlemen...Published: 21 Nov 2018 at 21:06hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
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