{"id":269171,"date":"2025-09-04T14:57:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T12:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/?p=269171"},"modified":"2025-09-04T14:57:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T12:57:36","slug":"twee-huise-brand-na-mekaar-in-saldanha-af","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/twee-huise-brand-na-mekaar-in-saldanha-af\/","title":{"rendered":"Twee huise brand n\u00e1 mekaar in Saldanha af"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8216;n Kassie met sentimentele waarde \u2013 dit is al wat Yusuf Maarman (35) oor het van die hophuis wat hy en sy broer, Abubakar Maarman (45), by hul ma ge\u00ebrf het.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_4979_43379.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Die dak is in een brand vernietig.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Die eens netjiese oranje huis in Topstraat, Hopland 1, het die afgelope Sondag (31 Augustus) saam met twee aangeboude skuilings afgebrand.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die dak is nog daar en daarom het hulle maar die aand n\u00e1 die brand in dit wat van die struktuur oor was, geslaap \u2013 ten spyte van die skerp reuk van rook, brand en verwoesting.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maarman het die dag n\u00e1 die brand verwese in die woonhuis gestaan en gewys na die kassie wat aan &#8216;n ou geliefde behoort het. Verder het hulle alles verloor.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Volgens hul buurvrou, Leance Nel, het sy en verskeie ander mense n\u00e9t na 10:00 tevergeefs probeer om die brandweer in die hande te kry, maar die nommers wou nie deurskakel nie.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sy gee wel toe nadat hulle uiteindelik die brandweer in die hande gekry het, hulle binne 10 minute by die brandende huis opgedaag het. Die Saldanhabaai-munisipaliteit (SBM) se brand-en-reddingsdiens het volgens Tereza Burger, &#8216;n woordvoerder vir die SBM, die afgelope naweek op drie struktuurbrande in Saldanha en een op Vredenburg gereageer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Volgens Burger het die brandweer di\u00e9 Sondag &#8216;n oproep om 10:15 ontvang oor &#8216;n huis wat in Topstraat, Hopland, brand. Hulle het omstreeks 10:25 by die huis aangekom en die brand begin takel. Die brand was teen 13:00 geblus.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_4980_43498.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">dummy text<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>N\u00e9t hierna is die brandweer weer na dieselfde buurt uitgeroep oor n\u00f3g &#8216;n huis &#8216;n blok verder wat ook aan die brand was. Die brandweer het di\u00e9 huisbrand omstreeks 11:02 begin blus en teen 11:54 was hul taak afgehandel.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Die hitte en rook wat deur die brand veroorsaak is, het ernstige skade aan die huis veroorsaak,&#8221; het Burger ges\u00ea.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die eienaars van die ander afgebrande huis was by die werk ten tyde van <em>Weslander <\/em>se besoek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_4983_43417.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Yusuf Maarman (35) in die puin van sy huis.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kapt.\u2009Tania Helfrich, die distrikswoordvoerder vir die Weskus-polisie, het bevestig dat &#8216;n saak van brandstigting by die Saldanha-polisie aangemeld is en dat die oorsaak van die brand ondersoek word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Volgens Burger was dit ni\u00e9 &#8216;n bou-inspekteur van die SBM wat die afgelope Maandag (1 September) die afgebrande huis in Topstraat besoek en aan die eienaars ges\u00ea het die huis is onbewoonbaar en sal heel moontlik gesloop moet word nie. &#8220;Die munisipaliteit se boubeheer-afdeling is nie bewus van sodanige inspeksie op die eiendom nie.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Burger het ook beklemtoon dat die sloping van &#8216;n huis onderhewig is aan &#8216;n toepaslike hofbevel.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die afgelope Maandag is die brandweer om 02:17 na &#8216;n derde brand in Saldanha uitgeroep \u2013 di\u00e9 keer &#8216;n plakkershut. 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