An 83-year-old resident of Kazauli Village in the Katima Rural Constituency was left homeless after her house was gutted by fire.

The fire, which was started by one of her grandchildren, spread through the house and caught on the clothes.

The child then ran out of the house.

A fire destroyed the abandoned Edel Date Farm south of Mariental on Friday night.

Heinrich Swapo Ndume, the owner of Octant Investment Pty, which owns shares in the date farm, confirmed that a fire had ripped through the farm, causing major damage.