Police also confirmed that rumours that the mine’s offices were also set alight, was false.

Millions in damage was caused on Sunday afternoon when the rubber conveyor belts of Optimum caught fire.

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The fire started in the grass next to the conveyor line.

The Steve Tshwete Municipality fire brigade contained the fire which destroyed the belt line.

Www.mobserver.co.za has tried contacting business rescue practitioners, Louis Klopper and Kurt Knoop, to ascertain the extent of the damage but both remained unreachable.