The South African government says a retired judge will lead an official inquiry into last week's deadly fire at a derelict building in downtown Johannesburg
Forensic experts cover corpses at the scene of a deadly blaze in downtown Johannesburg, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. Dozens died when a fire ripped through a multi-story building in Johannesburg, South Africa's biggest city, emergency services said Thursday.
The fire ripped through a city-owned building that had effectively been abandoned by authorities and taken over by unofficial "landlords" who were illegally renting out space to around 200 poor families desperately looking for some form of accommodation. The tragedy in the inner city's Marshalltown district highlighted Johannesburg's problem with broken-down buildings that are not under the control of city authorities.
“In Johannesburg, the issue of stolen buildings is becoming a crisis, necessitating drastic action," Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi said in a statement released by the government's official news agency announcing the investigation. “A thorough intervention is required to ensure that disasters like the Marshalltown fire, one of the deadliest in recent memory, never happen again.”
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