An inquiry into the horrific fire that gutted the Usindiso building in Johannesburg will continue hearing evidence from emergency first responders on Friday.
Johannesburg Emergency Services acting chief Rapulane Monageng gave the first testimony of the inquiry and said that firefighters found no fire extinguishers anywhere in the building
Fairview platoon commander Lucas Thipe’s testimony on the first moments after emergency personnel responded to the Usindiso Building fire continued on Friday.
An inquiry began Thursday into an apartment building fire that killed 76 people in South Africa in August and laid bare the deep problems of poverty and neglect in parts of Africa's richest city. The nighttime blaze swept through a five-story building in the Marshalltown district of Johannesburg, trapping many of the hundreds of people…