Over 70 people killed in Johannesburg building fire
A building in central Johannesburg, South Africa, gutted by fire, has killed at least 73 people and injured 52 others.
According to the Voice of America, the fire started before morning in a five-story building that homeless people used as an informal community.
The state emergency services spokesperson Robert Mulaudzi, in a post on X, formerly Twitter, said search and recovery efforts of victims trapped in the inferno were ongoing.
“I am stunned and devastated by this awful tragedy, not only for Johannesburg but for the whole of South Africa,” said Premier Alan Winde.
Mr Winde added, ” It has saddened us all here in the Western Cape and in our government. My thoughts go out to the relatives of those who lost their lives and to those who were injured.”
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