Fatal blaze claims 20 lives in Johannesburg building fire
Twenty people have died and 43 injured after a fire broke out at a five-storey building in the early hours of Thursday morning in Johannesburg inner-city on Corner Alberts and Delvers streets.
City of Johannesburg Emergency Management Services Firefighters have evacuated all the people out of the building while conducting firefighting operations. At this stage, the cause of the fire incident is unknown.
@CityofJoburgEMS Firefighters are currently attending to a building on fire in @CityofJoburgZA CBD corner Delvers, Alberts street at this stage 10 people confirmed dead and multiple patients treated on scene transported to various health care facilities for further medical care pic.twitter.com/20b6NXaHvF
— Cojems Spokesperson (@RobertMulaudzi) August 31, 2023
Source: enCA
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Social media user has headed online to express her disappointment at the food that was served at Somizi’s recent Shades of Pink event. According to the app user, she paid R700 to attend what she expected to be a top-tier event but was super disappointed when she saw the buffet.
The food was thoroughly grilled in the comment section by fellow app users who laughed at her for paying that much for “low-budget food”. Some questioned whether or not she was just trying to sabotage Somizi. Read more
