Authorities hadn't established the cause of the fire but Mgcini Tshwaku, a local government official, said initial evidence suggested it started with a candle. Inhabitants used candles and fires for light and to keep warm in the winter cold, he said.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) A nighttime fire ripped through a rundown apartment building mainly occupied by homeless people and squatters in Johannesburg, South Africa early Thursday, leaving at least 74 dead.
A nighttime fire ripped through a rundown apartment building mainly occupied by homeless people and squatters in Johannesburg early Thursday, leaving at least 74 dead, officials said.