{"id":286685,"date":"2023-08-31T19:28:43","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T18:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=286685"},"modified":"2023-08-31T19:28:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T18:28:43","slug":"south-africa-building-inferno-kills-70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/08\/31\/south-africa-building-inferno-kills-70\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa building inferno kills 70"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>At least seven children were among those killed by the flames, in what is shaping up to become one of the deadliest fires worldwide in recent years<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>At least seventy people were killed when fire broke out in a five-storey building at central Johannesburg in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The South African city\u2019s emergency services disclosed that children are among those who died in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/02\/26\/lawan-sympathises-with-victims-of-maiduguri-market-inferno\/\">inferno<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Another 52 were injured, some suffering from smoke inhalation, and were taken for treatment at local hospitals, Emergency Management Services spokesman, Robert Mulaudzi, said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have now 73 fatalities and 52 people injured who were transported to various healthcare facilities for further medical care,\u201d Mulaudzi said.<\/p>\n<p>At least seven children were among those killed by the flames, in what is on track to become one of the deadliest fires worldwide in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>The youngest victim was less than two years old, he said. Some were left burned beyond recognition.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters at the scene have put out the flames and are \u201cbusy with damping down\u201d, while search and recovery operations are ongoing, Mulaudzi said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are moving floor by floor conducting these body recoveries,\u201d he told local broadcaster ENCA.<\/p>\n<p>An AFP reporter at the scene said emergency services were continuing to bring charred bodies out of the building, laying them down under blankets and sheets on the street outside.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is indeed a sad day for the city of Johannesburg\u2026 over 20 years in the service, I\u2019ve never come across something like this,\u201d Mulaudzi said.<\/p>\n<p>It was not immediately clear what caused the blaze, which broke out overnight.<\/p>\n<p>A member of the city\u2019s mayoral committee in charge of public safety, Mgcini Tshwaku, said candles used for lighting inside the structure were a likely cause.<\/p>\n<p>The building, which has been evacuated, is located in a deprived area of what used to be the business district of South Africa\u2019s economic hub and was used as an informal settlement, Mulaudzi said, suggesting many may have been squatting there illegally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInside the building itself there was a (security) gate which was closed so people couldn\u2019t get out,\u201d said Tshwaku.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany burned bodies were found stashed at that gate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fire trucks and ambulances were parked outside the red and white building with burned-out windows which has been cordoned off by police, as a small crowd of onlookers gathered in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Illegal occupation of disused buildings in the city centre is widespread, with many said to be under the control of criminal syndicates who collect rent from occupants.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities estimated more than \u201c80 shacks\u201d were set up inside.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fire spread very quickly affecting different levels of the building because of the combustible materials used,\u201d said Mulaudzi.<\/p>\n<p>The blaze was the deadliest in South Africa in recent years and one of the worst worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>In December last year, a fuel tanker blast near Johannesburg killed 34 people, while in June, flames ripped through a dilapidated building in the city and killed two children under 10 who were locked in an apartment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least seven children were among those killed by the flames, in what is shaping up to become one of the deadliest fires worldwide in recent years At least seventy people were killed when fire broke out in a five-storey building at central Johannesburg in South Africa. 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