Medical and Fire teams have been on site fighting the blaze in Marshall Town – Johannesburg, since the early hours of the morning.
The death toll keeps rising and multiple critically injured patients are being evacuated and transported from the incident to surrounding medical facilities.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the injured and deceased.
Thank you to our brave firefighters and medical personnel on the ground
Death toll keeps mounting after deadly building fire in the Johannesburg CBD https://t.co/VkYSfr2w5L#ArriveAlive #BuildingFire @Medi_Response @BurnshieldZA pic.twitter.com/DLrnzaW5gW
— Arrive Alive (@_ArriveAlive) August 31, 2023
So far 52 people have died in the Johannesburg building fire https://t.co/sBUqqpobeq#ArriveAlive #BuildingFire @CityofJoburgEMS @BurnshieldZA pic.twitter.com/6kNBkfvWk6
— Arrive Alive (@_ArriveAlive) August 31, 2023
[UPDATE] Firefighters continue search & recovery operations as the death…
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