Police are probing the cause of a fire which spread through the Masjid-e-Mukhtar mosque in Croftdene‚ Durban on Wednesday, following claims that the fire may have been deliberately started.
Officers cleared out the parking lot of the Chatsworth mosque‚ ordering all civilians away from what they called the scene of a crime.
Saleem Adam‚ of the Chatsworth Islamic Federation‚ was one of the first at the scene of the fire.
“The flames were so high [out of the doors and windows] and a taxi that was passing by saw it and stopped it. They called for help and they all rushed inside to help put the fire out‚” he said.