JUST IN: Tenant assaulted as sub-letted Rhodesfield rooms go up in flames (video)

Six rooms built in the backyard of a property on Mustang Street in Rhodesfield were gutted by a fire on Sunday afternoon.

According to information from the scene the rooms had been sub-letted by the homeowner.

The fire started in one of the rooms recently occupied by a couple and two children. It is believed the tenant in whose room the fire started had been assaulted by fellow tenants after the fire erupted.

The main house on the property was not damaged.

This is a developing story.