Breaking News Update
GEORGE NEWS - The George Police have opened arson and inquest dockets after a body was discovered in the debris of a house fire on the corner of Palgrave and Meade streets on Monday morning, 3 August.
According to the Southern Cape Police’s spokesperson, Warrant Officer Chris Spies, the emergency personnel had responded to reports of a house on fire at about 05:30. “A search of the scene led to the discovery of a body under the debris,” Spies said.
The police arrested a 40-year-old man who was found on the scene on an arson charge.
He remains in police custody and will appear in court once he has been formally charged.
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