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In pictures: Johannesburg responds to worst fire in South Africa’s history More than 70 people were killed when fire raged through a five-storey Johannesburg apartment block, one of the worst ...
Search teams finished checking a derelict Johannesburg apartment building a day after one of South Africa's deadliest fires broke out there as pathologists faced the grisly task Friday of ...
At least 73 dead in Johannesburg fire Thursday 31 August 2023 09:32 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain The death toll from the Johannesburg building fire has now risen to 73, state broadcaster SABC has reported.
In January 2024, a 29-year-old man was arrested after he confessed to starting the fire. The man said he started the fire in order to get rid of another murder victim's body on the orders of a Tanzanian drug dealer who also lived in the building. [17] He is currently facing 76 counts of murder and 120 counts of attempted murder. [18]
The Boksburg explosion took place on 24 December 2022, when a fuel tanker carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) exploded underneath a railway bridge in Boksburg, in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, [1] with a death toll of 41 people as of 18 January 2023. [2] Nearby infrastructure was damaged by the explosion.
The death toll from a raging fire in a five-story building in central Johannesburg has risen to 74, including 12 children, according to city authorities. ... In addition to the dead, more than 50 ...
13 – An explosion at the Hyde Park Shopping Centre, Johannesburg, injures three people. 19 – A mini-limpet mine explodes within the Castle grounds in Cape Town. 20 – A grenade is thrown at the home of mayor Eddie Makeba in Duncan Village. 23 – An explosion at lunch hour injures 23 people at the Wimpy restaurant on Oxford Street, East ...
One man died and at least 48 people were injured after a suspected underground gas explosion ripped open roads and flipped vehicles in the heart of South Africa's biggest city, authorities and ...