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Squatters stand on a rooftop overlooking the scene of one of South Africa's deadliest inner-city fires in Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. Emergency services teams have left the scene of one of South Africa's deadliest inner-city fires as pathologists faced the grisly task Friday of identifying dozens of charred bodies and some separate body parts that had been transported to several mortuaries across the city of Johannesburg. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

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Death toll from Johannesburg fire rises to 76 as city turns to tough job of identifying victims
By GERALD IMRAY AND MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press
Fri,09/01/23-6:00AM , 118 Reads
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Search teams finished checking a derelict Johannesburg apartment building a day after one of South Africa's deadliest fires broke out there as pathologists faced the grisly task Friday of identifying charred bodies and body parts that were transported in large trucks to mortuaries across the city.
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Authorities say at least 64 people died in Johannesburg when a nighttime fire ripped through a multi-story building that had been used by homeless people. An emergency services spokesperson said another 43 people were injured in the blaze that broke out at about 1 a.m. on Thursday.

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At least 74 are dead, many of them homeless, as fire rips through a rundown building in South Africa
By GERALD IMRAY AND MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press
Thu,08/31/23-12:22AM , 147 Reads
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — 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. 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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Russian President Vladimir Putin is a notable absentee, as leaders from the BRICS group of emerging economies start a three-day summit in South Africa. AP correspondent Laurence Brooks reports.

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Putin denounces sanctions on Russia during his speech for a South Africa economic summit
By GERALD IMRAY AND MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press
Tue,08/22/23-3:38AM , 97 Reads
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin took multiple shots at the West on the opening day of an economic summit in South Africa, using a prerecorded speech that was a
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