{"id":19595,"date":"2014-10-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-09T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/echonews.sites.caxton.co.za\/19595\/fire-and-brimstone-2\/"},"modified":"2014-10-15T09:43:17","modified_gmt":"2014-10-15T07:43:17","slug":"fire-and-brimstone-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2014\/10\/10\/fire-and-brimstone-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Fire and brimstone"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the owner of Verwey Transportation and Propshaft Centre, Mr Steven Pieterse, the raging fire causing clouds of black smoke, was set alight deliberately.<\/p>\n

“People pushing around trolleys set fire to tyres in order to get the wire in the tread to sell to the scrapyards,” Mr Pieterse said.<\/p>\n

A trailer worth thousands was destroyed in the fire. Damages have not been estimated yet.<\/p>\n