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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. [4]
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 problem began during white flight at the end of apartheid in 1994, as big businesses moved out of the inner city into affluent suburbs, and the city experienced an influx of African migrants and South Africans seeking economic opportunities, this caused a housing crisis in South Africa's largest cities; Johannesburg and Durban. [4]
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.
August 31, 2023 at 4:59 AM. JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A nighttime fire ripped through a rundown five-story building in Johannesburg that was occupied by homeless people and squatters, killing at least ...
Ponte City [1] is a skyscraper in the Berea district of Johannesburg, South Africa, just next to Hillbrow.It was built in 1975 to a height of 173 m (567.6 ft), and was the tallest residential skyscraper in Africa for 48 years, until overtaken in 2023 by Building D01, in Egypt's New Administrative Capital.
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.