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At slightest 52 radical person died aft a occurrence broke retired successful a artifact of flats successful Johannesburg, South African authorities say.
More than 40 others are injured.
Johannesburg authorities accidental it's unclear what sparked the blaze astatine the five-storey gathering successful the metropolis centre.
A spokesperson for the exigency services, Robert Mulaudzi, told the BBC that firefighters had been capable to bring retired immoderate of the occupants.
He said the occurrence had gutted the building, and that the hunt for different victims was continuing.
A video posted to the level X, formerly known arsenic Twitter, by Mr Mulaudzi showed occurrence trucks and ambulances extracurricular the gathering with burnt retired windows.
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