They are lying in four rows on the street, some under blankets, some under aluminum foil, some already wrapped in body bags: the victims of the most devastating building fire in South African history. At least 73 people died in the fire at central Johannesburg – including seven children, one of whom was just one year old. More than 50 people were hospitalized. Even hours after the flames began, shortly after midnight on Thursday morning, firefighters still found more human remains. “I have never seen anything like this in my 20 years of work,” said Johannesburg Emergency Management Service spokesperson Robert Mulaudzi.
