Alexandra Police Station spokesperson, Stephen Malatjie, has confirmed that the man believed to have started the fire on 6 December at Greenville Informal Settlement has died.
It is alleged that the man started the fire after he had a fight with his girlfriend.
The man was then found by angry residents who wanted to stone him. He died in hospital in police custody in the early hours of 7 December.
It is believed that the man died of injuries he sustained after angry residents dragged him from London Road to the Alex Police Station, while he was being beaten.
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