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Bulawayo fuel depot fire destroys a dozen vehicles, blamed on wiring
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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 85500, member: 27"] Fuel depot went up in Bulawayo, torched vehicles by the dozen, rattled suburbs, and left cops blaming shady wiring. Inferno wipes out Goderich Avenue yard [LIST] [*]Bulawayo took a brutal fuel fire hit. [*]The site sat along Goderich Avenue. [*]Flames chewed through fuel-linked premises. [*]Fire crews fought it for hours. [/LIST] Vehicle losses stack up fast [LIST] [*]At least twelve vehicles were destroyed. [*]Fuel tankers took the worst damage. [*]A Toyota Hiace was reduced to scrap. [*]The yard became a metal graveyard. [/LIST] Fire spreads next door [LIST] [*]The blaze jumped into an adjacent property. [*]Three trucks were lost there. [*]A bus and two cars also burned. [*]Damage widened beyond the original site. [/LIST] Police assessment and cause [LIST] [*]Nomalanga Msebele confirmed no human injuries. [*]An illegal power hookup is suspected. [*]Investigations are active. [*]The site remains under guard. [/LIST] Animal casualty reported [LIST] [*]A German Shepherd was badly burned. [*]The dog was found unable to move. [*]It survived the initial fire. [*]The scene shocked responders. [/LIST] Fire chief details what went wrong [LIST] [*]Mhlangano Moyo pointed to fuel decanting. [*]Vapours likely ignited from illegal wiring. [*]An explosion happened during operations. [*]Late reporting made containment harder. [/LIST] The crowds made it worse [LIST] [*]Residents rushed in wearing pyjamas. [*]Some blocked emergency access. [*]Firefighters struggled to clear the space. [*]Warnings about secondary blasts were ignored. [/LIST] Impact on nearby suburbs [LIST] [*]Shockwaves hit Tshabalala, Nketa, and Bellevue. [*]Residents felt ground tremors. [*]Panic spread online. [*]No homes were damaged. [/LIST] Officials urge enforcement [LIST] [*]Tavengwe Zidya fielded school explosion rumors. [*]Dumisani Nkomo flagged illegal wiring risks. [*]Calls for tougher crackdowns followed. [*]Fuel safety failures keep repeating. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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