US$15m Tobacco Destroyed By Fire At Harare, Mashonaland Tobacco Company

US$15m  Tobacco Destroyed By Fire At Harare, Mashonaland Tobacco Company

TOBACCO worth millions went up in smoke on Thursday after a freak fire engulfed a Mashonaland Tobacco Company (MTC) warehouse in Harare’s Willovale industrial area. MTC, which employs over 1,000 workers, is owned by American leaf merchant, Alliance One International. As usual the fire-brigade arrived but without water according to workers who talked to NewZimbabwe.com. “Two fire engines came but the firefighters spent almost an hour searching for highdrants in the area while the fire…

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