Police and security maintained a strict perimeter around the Jesus Dome auditorium after the building was gutted by a fire last night.
|||Durban - Police and security were on scene at the Durban Christian Centre’s Jesus Dome auditorium early on Wednesday morning, maintaining a perimeter around the area after the building was gutted by a fire on Tuesday evening.
An insurance representative, police and security guards were on the scene ensuring that nobody entered the premises until a thorough police forensic investigation had been conducted.
Although it is alleged that the fire was started by an electrical fault, nobody on scene would confirm this.
Media were told not to take pictures.
The blaze, which started at about 5.30pm on Tuesday, engulfed the multimillion-rand structure, and by the time the eThekwini fire department arrived, the roof had started collapsing. The building in Mayville is a visible landmark on the N3.
National Emergency Assist Services director Regan Stander, who was on the scene on Tuesday night, said no one was injured in the blaze.
On Wednesday morning all that remains of the Dome are the flame blackened walls with the interior seemingly completely torched by the fire.
Passing motorists on the N3 slowed down causing a traffic backlog as people tried to catch a glimpse of the gutted building.
People who came to see what was going on yet were promptly sent on their way by the rigorous security encircling the premises.
IOL MOJO and The Mercury