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.
Medics stand by the covered bodies of victims 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. Medics and emergency works at the scene of a deadly blaze in downtown Johannesburg Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023.
Emergency services teams have left the scene of one of South Africa’s deadliest inner-city fires as pathologists faced the grisly task Friday of identifying dozens of charred bodies and some separate body parts that had been transported to several mortuaries across the city of Johannesburg. Homeless people sit near the scene of one of South Africa’s deadliest inner-city fires in Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, Sept. 1, 2023.
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