Speaking to The Chronicle, Bulawayo Fire Brigade senior divisional officer, Mr Edward Mpofu, confirmed that a bakery at Solusi University was destroyed by fire on Monday.
Mpofu said the cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained. He said those at the scene took time trying to put out the fire using portable fire extinguishers, resulting in the fire destroying the entire bakery. Said Mpofu:
We received a report of a fire that occurred at Solusi University yesterday (Monday). We are still investigating to find the cause of the fire but the main switch of the oven was on. All other switches had been turned off by the time the brigade arrived. All baking trays and frying pans were damaged by the fire and the ceiling had collapsed at the time of the arrival of the brigade. Meanwhile, investigations are underway.
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