A bizarre mystery inferno gutted Gokwe’s largest wholesale and supermarket, Metropitch last night and is continuing unabated, ZimEye.com can reveal.
 
Firefighters called at the scene just after midnight were at the time of writing still engaged in their battle as the mid -day fast approached as a fire brigade service truck from the Gokwe town centre appeared helpless in stopping the ferocious rising flames.
 
Traffic along main road was on Thursday morning shortly paralysed after fire gutted the roof material. Large billows of heavy smoke from the fire rose all over the shopping area while affecting neighbouring businesses.
 
Eye witnesses said the fire’s cause was not clear as there was no serious industrial activity inside that could have caused it, sparking lurking superstitious beliefs that spirits were responsible. This came as another fire last year gutted the nearby CBZ Bank and the community’s biggest flea market. Their claims however remained myth with no proof.
 
Metropitch is the largest wholesale in the area with a staff complement of more than 200 workers.
 
Neither the fire brigade nor the police could pass a comment at the time of writing. More to follow….