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Watch live as firefighters gather in the aftermath of deadly fire in Johannesburg that killed at least 73 people on Thursday 31 August. The blaze broke out inside a five-storey building in central ...
Thursday 31 August 2023 16:16, Chris Stevenson Johannesburg’s city manager Floyd Brink, says that city officials raided the building which is the scene for the fire in October 2019.
On 31 August 2023 at around 01:30 SAST, a fire engulfed an illegally occupied government-owned building in Johannesburg, South Africa; 77 people were killed and 88 others were injured. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was one of the deadliest fires in South African history .
People living in broken-down structures known as “hijacked buildings” is common in Johannesburg The focus on the issue only after so many people were killed angered some in the city.
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[1] [16] Eight people were killed immediately during the blast, or else succumbed before paramedics arrived on the scene, while the other victims died at hospital. [17] Two people who were in the vicinity of the explosion are still missing as of 29 December 2022. [18] The victims were identified as 23 members of the public and 11 health workers ...
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 ...
Another 52 people were injured in the blaze, which broke out at about 1 a.m. in the heart of Johannesburg's central business district, Johannesburg Emergency Services Management spokesman Robert ...