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Two folks have been killed and 4 have been injured when hearth engulfed a residential constructing in Johannesburg early on Sunday, metropolis officers mentioned, including search and rescue operations have been nonetheless underway.
“The fireplace operation continues on the two-storey constructing that was engulfed in flames earlier this morning,” the Metropolis of Johannesburg Emergency Administration Providers mentioned in an announcement.
A spokesperson for the town’s emergency administration companies advised tv channel eNCA it was unclear how many individuals have been nonetheless trapped contained in the constructing.
An investigation into the reason for the hearth might be undertaken as soon as firefighting operations have been accomplished, officers mentioned.
Greater than 70 folks died final August after a hearth raged by way of a run-down, five-storey Johannesburg condominium block, in one of many worst such disasters in a metropolis the place poverty, family fires and homelessness are widespread.
An inquiry o decide duty for that blaze is ongoing, however the incident highlighted a longstanding housing disaster that has seen some buildings within the inside metropolis of Johannesburg occupied illegally.
