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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.
The fire broke out around 1:30 a.m. local time, when many people inside the building were asleep. South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa called it a “tragedy.” Fire worst in recent memory
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.
The building, 80 Albert Street, was built in 1954 as the head office of Johannesburg's Non-European Affairs Department, serving as a Pass Office for enforcing pass laws controlling the movement of black people into Johannesburg under the apartheid system. [5] From 1994, the building housed a women's shelter later called the Usindiso Women's ...
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.
1 Pictures of a hijacked building that burnt down in Johannesburg. 1 comment. Toggle the table of contents ... Fire_in_Johannesburg Bobbyshabangu talk 05:33, 17 ...
On 2 January 2022, just after 05:00 am (), the City of Cape Town's Fire & Rescue Service were notified of a fire at the parliamentary complex.The fire started on the third floor of the National Council of Provinces building and spread to the office space and the gymnasium, before spreading to the National Assembly.
A nighttime fire ripped through a rundown five-story building in Johannesburg that was occupied by homeless people and squatters, killing at least 73 people early Thursday, emergency services in ...