Building fire in Johannesburg kills at least 76
Homeless South Africans, poor foreign migrants and others who found themselves marginalized in the city inhabited the downtown building.
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Medics and emergency works at the scene of a deadly blaze in downtown Johannesburg, Thursday, Aug. 31. Dozens died when a fire ripped through a multi-story building in Johannesburg, South Africa's biggest city, emergency services said Thursday.2/18
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People watch rescue efforts at a multi-story building that had been used by homeless people that caught fire downtown Johannesburg, Thursday, Aug. 31.3/18
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A fireman works at the scene of a deadly blaze in downtown Johannesburg, Thursday, Aug. 31.4/18
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Forensic experts cover corpses at the scene of a deadly blaze in downtown Johannesburg, Thursday, Aug. 31.5/18
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Forensic experts work around corpses at the scene of a deadly blaze in downtown Johannesburg, Thursday, Aug. 31.6/18
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Residents from the scene of a deadly blaze sit near the building they lived in, in downtown Johannesburg, Thursday, Aug. 31.7/18
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Medics stand by the covered bodies of victims of a deadly blaze in downtown Johannesburg, Thursday, Aug. 31.8/18
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South African K-9 rescue team leave the scene of one of South Africa's deadliest inner-city fires in Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, Sept. 1.9/18
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Curtains and sheets used by people trying to flee one of South Africa's deadliest inner-city fires dangle from windows, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, Sept. 1.10/18
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Survivors of one of South Africa's deadliest inner-city fires in Johannesburg, South Africa, wait in the hope to retrieve some belongings, outside the charred building Friday, Sept. 1.11/18
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Squatters stand on a rooftop overlooking the scene of one of South Africa's deadliest inner-city fires in Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, Sept. 1.12/18
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Private South African security officers guard the scene of one of South Africa's deadliest inner-city fires in Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, Sept. 1.13/18
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A woman pushes a shopping cart outside the scene of one of South Africa's deadliest inner-city fires in Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, Sept. 1.14/18
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Neighbourhood residents stand near the surrounding the scene of one of South Africa's deadliest inner-city fires in Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, Sept. 1.15/18
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Homeless people sit near the scene of one of South Africa's deadliest inner-city fires in Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, Sept. 1.16/18
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People queue at a forensic mortuary to identify bodies in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, Sept. 1.17/18
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Women in the back of a truck wait at a forensic mortuary to identify bodies in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, Sept. 1.18/18
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People wait at a forensic mortuary to identify bodies in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, Sept. 1.
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