Two Karoi fuel dealers who were seriously injured following a fuel explosion in a house on Saturday, have died at Sally Mugabe Central Hospital in Harare.
The deceased have been identified as Cliff Mwanza (30) and Sibangeni Macheza. Their colleague Tafadzwa Zanga (30) died on Sunday.
The three men were trapped in a house that was engulfed in fire from the explosion in the Chikangwe high-density suburb.
The deputy spokesperson for the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) in Mashonaland West Province, Assistant Inspector Aggray Jaure confirmed the development to NewsDay on Monday. He said:
I confirm the death of Cliff Mwanza and Sibangeni Macheza both aged (30) due to severe burning wounds sustained from a fuel explosion in Karoi on Saturday.
Police say Mwanza, Macheza and Zanga went to a house in Chikangwe intending to refuel their container from one of the two rooms they used to store fuel.
It is reported that one of the petrol containers exploded, setting the house ablaze.
They were later rescued after sustaining serious burns.
