At least 58 people have died in a fire that ripped through a multistory building in Johannesburg in which many homeless people had taken shelter.
South Africa’s worsening power crisis — leaving homes and businesses without electricity for up to 10 hours a day — is strangling Africa’s most developed economy.Authorities said the fire had been largely extinguished, but smoke still seeped out of windows of the blackened building downtown. Remnants of sheets and other materials also hung out of some windows. It was not clear if people had used those to try and escape the fire or if they were trying to save their possessions.
Mulaudzi said homeless people had moved into the building without any formal lease agreements. He said that made it hard to search the building.
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