Another inferno at Glen View Area 8
Carpenters and furniture dealers at Glen View Area 8 lost goods and assets worth thousands of dollars when an inferno blazed through the complex on Sunday afternoon at Harare’s Glenview Home Industry.
The accident comes barely a month after the same complex was reduced to ashes by a fire which was reportedly caused by an electrical fault. Carpenters said an elderly man was preparing his field and started a fire which then spread into the complex. The fire, according to reports, has been put out but almost razed down houses close to the complex in Glenview’s Area 8 suburb.
“About half of the complex has been destroyed. We could not save most of the property because the fire spread rapidly. The Firefighters rushed to the complex and managed to put out the fire. However, this time it was too bad because several houses close to the complex almost got burned down”.
Harare City SMEs Committee Chairperson Denford Ngadziore said there is a need to redesign the complex to avoid any further losses.
“Very soon we are planning to temporarily relocate carpenters from Glenview Area 8 complex to Glenview 1 Home Industry so that the City can replan and redesign the complex to avoid and minimize future fire outbreaks. Carpenters and Firebrigade have been facing a challenge in putting out the fire because they (carpenters) work with thinners, sawdust, paints and cotton wool. Am calling upon carpenters and other stakeholders to comply with the council so as to avoid future fire outbreaks.”
Ngadziore said his committee will this week have stakeholders meeting for a permanent solution to the perennial fire outbreak at the complex. For several years now, the home Industry complex has experienced inferno after inferno but nothing has been done to solve the problem.
