A HEIDEVELD mom died in a suspected arson attack in an abandoned building last week.
The grieving sister of Hilda Lewis, 40, says the family is reeling in shock amid rumours that she was set alight with paraffin last Tuesday morning.
Concerned residents gathered at the crime scene in Jonkershoek Way at the dilapidated building, formerly used as a daycare centre.
Many also claimed the mother of two was pregnant and was allegedly set alight amid a dispute over her berk.
Sister Zubaida Paulse, 52, said a colleague at work informed her about her sister’s death.
She explains: “I called my brother-in-law but his phone went to voice mail and that is when Hilda’s daughter called me to tell me the news.
Rumours
“We heard the rumours, but she was…