More Than 70 Killed in Johannesburg Fire

SOUTH AFRICA – 73 people are dead and 43 injured in one of South Africa’s worst such tragedies in living memory.

A fire blazed through a derelict Johannesburg apartment block overnight which happened to be occupied by homeless people.

The cause of the blaze, which started around 1:30 a.m. local time, is still under investigation.

At 10 a.m., the five-storey building was still smoldering, as emergency services worked to out the fire.