Correspondent|FORMER Minister of Home Affairs Obert Mpofu’s building located at the corner of Herbert Chitepo Street and 8th Avenue in Bulawayo caught fire at its 4th floor on Saturday afternoon.

Fire fighters from the Bulawayo Fire Brigade were called in to put out the fire and had to use bolt cutters to access the building.

The side of the building facing Tredgold Magistrates’ Courts was damaged by the inferno.

The cause of the fire was unknown at the time of writing.