{"id":2018531,"date":"2023-08-31T18:38:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T22:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-least-74-dead-in-south-africa-building-fire\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T18:41:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T22:41:25","slug":"at-least-74-dead-in-south-africa-building-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-least-74-dead-in-south-africa-building-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 74 killed in South Africa building fire."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fat-least-74-dead-in-south-africa-building-fire%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2018531&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Graphic \u200ccontent \/ Members of the forensic department moves\u2064 bodies at the scene of a fire in Johannesburg on August 31, 2023. (Photo by GUILLEM SARTORIO\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\">Abril Elfi<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>3:12\u200b PM \u2013 Thursday, August\u200b 31,\u200c 2023<\/h3>\n<p>At least 74 people have died and more than 50 were\u2063 injured \u200din a\u2063 temporary housing \u200cbuilding fire in Johannesburg, South Africa. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, a fire broke out at a \u201chijacked\u201d building,\u200c defined as a building abandoned by landlords and taken over by\u200b gangs or \u200cother groups and leased out mostly to migrants and\u2062 South Africans who don\u2019t \u200chave the means to afford other forms of housing.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: Over 70 killed in massive building <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/fire?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#fire<\/a> in \u2063South\u2062 Africa&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Johannesburg?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Johannesburg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g9HtCATZ9b\">pic.twitter.com\/g9HtCATZ9b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Insider Corner (@insidercnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/insidercnews\/status\/1697204404083110112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 31, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>One of the survivors of the tragic incident, Wiseman Mpepa, stated that he woke up from the sound of people screaming. <\/p>\n<p>He told the press that he tried to escape by breaking his window\u200b but could not climb out. Reportedly, he \u2062then tried to escape \u2063from\u200b the gate but the gate was\u200b shut. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThey closed the gate,\u201d he told \u200bthe press. \u2064\u201cAfter that, I had no plan. I just sat (in my room).\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to videos from the incident posted \u2062on social\u2063 media, moments after the fire broke out there were huge flames immersing from the \u200blower floor of a building and crowds of people standing outside. Photos from the next day showed onlookers crowding around burnt out\u200b and cordoned off areas, broken glass windows, and clothes \u2062strewn around the building.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JoburgUpdates?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JoburgUpdates<\/a> Firefighters \u200d, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CityofJoburgEMS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CityofJoburgEMS<\/a> are\u2063 currently attending to a building on fire in \u2063the Joburg CBD \u200ccorner Delvers and Alberts street .Ten people confirmed dead and multiple patients treated on scene transported to\u2064 various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-homeland-security-department-illegal-immigrants-should-get-vaccine\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Homeland Security Department: Illegal Immigrants Should Get Vaccine\">health care facilities<\/a> for further medical\u2026\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OZTrajIbAq\">pic.twitter.com\/OZTrajIbAq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 City of Joburg (@CityofJoburgZA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CityofJoburgZA\/status\/1697069650993877133?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 31, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The 1:00 a.m. fire reportedly affected 141 families, with\u200d several of the victims being children. The youngest\u200b victim was a \u200done-year-old baby. <\/p>\n<p>The press stated that \u200csome residents jumped off windows and one witness claimed to have seen a \u200dperson jump \u200bout \u2062of a \u200bthird-floor window and\u200c land \u2063\u201chead first\u201d on the concrete \u2063pavement.<\/p>\n<p>Another witness stated that some people threw \u200dbabies \u2062out of third-story windows to others waiting below in the desperate scramble to evacuate.<\/p>\n<p>Johannesburg \u200dEmergency\u2063 Services Management spokesman Robert\u200d Mulaudzi talked about the incident \u200dand said he had never seen something like it. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThis is a tragedy for Johannesburg. Over 20 years in the service, I\u2019ve never come across something like \u2062this,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Dozens more victims were discovered on a side \u200broad outside the apartment complex, \u2063some in body bags, some wrapped in silver sheets or\u200c blankets after the body bags ran out. They were eventually removed from the \u2062scene in pathology department vehicles. <\/p>\n<p>Emergency \u2064services officials claimed that the death toll could\u200c rise as they\u200d continue to search the area. <\/p>\n<p>According to City of Johannesburg Community\u2062 Safety official Mgcini Tshwaku, the city government has been at odds with non-governmental organizations over illegal building occupancy. Due to the risk of fire and \u2062power outages, city\u2064 officials shut down certain buildings and relocated occupants, but the\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-least-74-dead-in-south-africa-building-fire\/\" title=\"Over 74 killed in South Africa building fire.\">organizations constantly threatened legal action<\/a> and imprisonment of \u2064city officials.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the fire remains unclear \u200bbut authorities at the scene gave no indication it was intentional.<\/p>\n<p>Stay \u2064informed! Receive breaking news\u2063 blasts directly \u200dto your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>As anti-Semitism is on the rise in the U.S., Michelle Lubin Terris\u200c who is the founder of Jexit, Jews exiting the Democrat\u200b Party, says this is \u2062the time Christians and Jews to unite.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>In an exclusive interview, California \u2062Congressman and House\u200c Judiciary Committee member \u2063Darrell Issa says House Speaker Kevin McCarthy may open an impeachment inquiry into\u2064 Joe \u200bBiden and his son \u2062Hunter.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Members of the Georgia State legislature\u200c are still pushing for an emergency session\u2064 to defund Fulton\u200c County District Attorney Fani Willis. \u2062 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>According to the polls, former President Donald Trump\u2019s indictments seem to be more of a blessing than a curse. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Josh Ye \u2063and\u200d Urvi Manoj Dugar (Reuters) -At least three Chinese tech firms \u200cincluding Baidu, Baichuan Intelligent Technology and Zhipu AI\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>SHANGHAI \u200c(Reuters) \u2013 Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) firms Baichuan\u200d Intelligent Technology \u200band Zhipu AI on Thursday\u200b opened \u2063their AI large language \u200dmodels\u2026\u200b <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>(Reuters) \u2013 Alphabet\u2019s Google said on Wednesday it\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boj-policymaker-nakamura-warns-against-premature-monetary-tightening\/\" title=\"BOJ policymaker Nakamura cautions against early monetary tightening.\">introduced generative artificial intelligence<\/a> to its\u200b Search tool for users in India and Japan\u2026\u2062 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Zaheer Kachwala (Reuters) -Salesforce raised its annual revenue forecast on Wednesday and\u2062 projected quarterly sales above estimates as it benefits \u2062from\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graphic content: Forensic department members handle bodies at a fire scene in Johannesburg on August 31, 2023. 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