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Fire in a five-story building/ At least 73 people die

2023-08-31 16:20:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Fire in a five-story building/ At least 73 people die

At least 73 people, including seven children, have died in a fire in a high-rise building in the center of Johannesburg, South Africa's largest city, emergency services have said, The Guardian reports.

In one of the country's worst tragedies, emergency management services said another 43 people were injured in the fire, which broke out early on Thursday.

People had been evacuated from the building and an emergency services spokesman said a search and recovery operation was underway. The death toll is likely to rise, Robert Mulaudzi said, and it was not immediately clear what caused the fire. As of midday Thursday, authorities had not yet counted the victims on the top two floors of the five-story building.

Omar Arafat, a resident of the building, said he was awakened around 1 a.m. by loud noises and shouts of "fire, fire." He ran to the front door of the building, but his path was blocked by flames. With no other escape route, he broke a window in his third-floor room and jumped.

In addition to dozens of emergency service and police vehicles, local government officials and politicians gathered outside the building.

The building is in the heart of Johannesburg's rundown central business district./ CNA

 

 

 

 





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