A lapa on one of the Jackaroo plots on the old Middelburg Road (R555) burned down to the ground.
On Friday, July 27, a call came through on the South African Community Crime Watch (SACCW) open channel on Zello saying that a lapa on the old Middelburg road is busy burning down.
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“I received the call and immediately went to the scene. I was just there when the fire department showed up,” explained Rassie van der Lith, a SACCW responder
However it was a bit too late and the entire lapa had already burned down to the ground by the time that help arrived on scene.
A fire-fighter busy putting out the fire.
“The cause of this fire is unknown, however there is a landfill nearby on the plot where the garbage gets burned, the fire might have started there but we cannot confirm that,” said Van der Lith.
Luckily there were no injuries and all who were on the scene are safe.
