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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.

By Associated Press

Sept. 1, 2023

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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.
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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.
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A fireman works at the scene of a deadly blaze in downtown Johannesburg, Thursday, Aug. 31.
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Forensic experts cover corpses at the scene of a deadly blaze in downtown Johannesburg, Thursday, Aug. 31.
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Forensic experts work around corpses at the scene of a deadly blaze in downtown Johannesburg, Thursday, Aug. 31.
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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.
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Medics stand by the covered bodies of victims of a deadly blaze in downtown Johannesburg, Thursday, Aug. 31.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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People queue at a forensic mortuary to identify bodies in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, Sept. 1.
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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.
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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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