Property worth thousands of dollars was on Tuesday destroyed after a building went up in smoke.
Eye witnesses claimed to ZimEye.com the fire which burnt down the building housing number 8A and 8B Luck Street near NetOne building in Harare was caused by an electrical electrical fault.
“Yesterday the whole area had no electricity and we believe that the tenants at this building left electricity on. It could be a stove or something else which emits gas which these people might have left switched on,” said one of the people who first saw the fire.
Another eyewitness told ZimEye the fire could have been caused by the ongoing national strike.
There is no business in Harare, as all shops are closed.
“It is not clear to establish the real cause of the fire because as you can see the whole town is closed and people were threatening to burn down cars and any office which will be opened today,” she said.
But there were no indications that there were people at the building.
The Fire brigade team reacted swiftly but as usual they could not contain the fire because of lack of modern equipment.