Carletonville Hospital fire was arson
7 October 2021
A fire brigade investigation has found that the fire that destroyed R20 million worth of equipment in a storeroom of the Carletonville Hospital in February this year was caused by arson.
This is revealed by Gauteng Health MEC Nomathemba Mokgethi in a written reply to my questions in the Gauteng Legislature.
According to a Fire Forensic report, there were traces of an accelerant in between the equipment in the storeroom, which indicates that arson was the cause of the fire.
It was also noted that no member of the public had access to the hospital due to Covid-19 restrictions, which infers that the fire was started by an official within the hospital premises.