South Africa:
A nighttime fire ripped through a rundown apartment building mainly occupied by homeless people and squatters in Johannesburg early on Thursday, leaving at least 74 dead. It was reported that some people even threw babies out of a third story window to others waiting below, in order to desperately evacuate. Emergency services officials had earlier warned that the death toll could rise as they continued to search the scene more than 12 hours after the blaze broke out at around 1am.
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