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Fire in S Africa kills at least 74, many of them homeless

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.

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At least 73 dead, many of them homeless, as fire rips through a rundown building in South Africa

JOHANNESBURG - A nighttime fire ripped through a rundown apartment building mainly occupied by homeless people and squatters in Johannesburg, forcing some to throw babies out of third-story windows in a desperate attempt to save them and leaving at least 73 people dead early Thursday, witnesses and

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Fire kills 73, many homeless, in Johannesburg

Fire kills 73, many homeless, in Johannesburg
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At least 73 dead as fire rips through rundown building in South Africa

Authorities say at least 74 people have died in Johannesburg when a nighttime fire ripped through a five-story building that had been used by homeless people and squatters. An emergency

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A building fire in Johannesburg kills at least 74, many homeless, authorities say

At least 12 of those killed were children. Some people threw babies out of third-story windows to others waiting below in the desperate scramble to evacuate, witnesses said.

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