'Stay off the N3' plead authorities after arson attack: Motorists and truckers have been asked to delay their plans to travel on the N3 toll route between Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal as the road remains closed.
This is after an arson attack in which six large fully loaded trucks were set on fire at Van Reenen’s Pass late on Saturday night. They were completely burnt out before the blaze was doused in the early hours of Sunday.N3 Toll Concession operations manager Thania Dhoogra said though the fire was extinguished, the area was being treated as a crime scene, with police and investigators still busy.“The scene is secured and the fire has been put out, but the road remains closed.
Cleanup and recovery operations are under way, but there is underlying road damage that must be taken care of before it can be reopened,” Dhoogra said.She said authorities were aware of the trucks having been stopped by arsonists who pulled the drivers out before setting the vehicles and their loads on fire. The suspects and the motive were still unknown, but no injuries had been reported and no other cars or vehicles had been damaged.
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