At least 52 people have died so far in a fire in a multi-storey building in Johannesburg, South Africa’s biggest city. Emergency Management Services said another 43 people were injured in the blaze, which broke out early on Thursday. The building has been evacuated, and a search and recovery operation is under way. The authorities say that the death toll is likely to rise significantly more. At the moment, it is not immediately clear what caused the blaze. The huge blaze on this morning has gutted a 5-storey building located in the city’s central business district, that houses informal settlements.
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00:00 At least 63 people have died so far in a fire in a multi-storey building in Johannesburg,
00:14 South Africa's biggest city.
00:16 Emergency management services said another 43 people were injured in the blaze which
00:21 broke out early today.
00:22 The building has been evacuated and a search and recovery operation is underway.
00:27 The authorities believe that the death toll is likely to rise significantly more.
00:32 At the moment, it is not immediately clear what exactly caused the blaze.
00:37 The huge blaze this morning has gutted a five-storey building located in the city's central business
00:42 district that houses informal settlements.
00:45 According to the latest reports, authorities have said that the massive fire has been largely
00:49 extinguished but smoke is still seeping out of the blackened building in downtown Johannesburg.
00:54 There is still a lot of debris to be removed and the rescue operation is being severely
00:59 impacted by the scale of the debris.
01:01 Television footages showed fire trucks and ambulances outside the red and white building
01:06 with burned-out windows which have been cordoned off by police.
01:11 This building is the fourth older building to catch a light in the city in recent months.
01:15 Earlier in August, the top floor of a building in the suburb of Jovilne near the central
01:20 business district caught a light, while in June, two children were killed in a fire in
01:25 Hilbro and in July, a fire broke out after an underground gas explosion.
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