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Building fire in Johannesburg kills at least 73
Updated On: 01 September, 2023 08:08 AM IST | Johannesburg | Agencies
Officials say some may have jumped out of windows
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Medics stand by the covered bodies of victims. Pic/AP
A nighttime fire ripped through a five-storey building in Johannesburg that was occupied by homeless people and squatters, killing at least 73 people on Thursday, emergency services in South Africa’s biggest city said.
Some of the people living in a maze of shacks and other makeshift structures inside the building threw themselves out of windows to escape the fire and might have died then, a local official said. Seven of the victims were children, the youngest a 1-year-old, according to an emergency services spokesperson. As many as 200 people may have been living in the building, witnesses said.
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