WELKOM – Police are investigating an incident of malicious damage to property after a mobile generator, a generator loading cable and tyres on the race track were damaged in a fire at Phakisa Raceway in Odendaalsrus.
Police were summoned to the raceway at approximately 00:25 on Saturday 31 October following reports of a possible fire.
On arrival, officers found that the fire had already subsided. They discovered that a mobile generator and its loading cable had been burned, while several tyres on the racetrack had also caught fire.
According to the 44-year-old complainant, the damage is estimated at R351 000.
No injuries were reported.
A case of malicious damage to property was subsequently registered at the Odendaalsrus Police Station.
The circumstances surrounding the incident remain unclear, and police investigations are ongoing. No arrests have been made.
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