City of Johannesburg Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda says that the city is in the process of arranging temporary accommodation for residents left destitute by a fire in the Johannesburg CBD yesterday morning.
The blaze, which engulfed a two-story building, resulted in the death of two individuals and left several others injured.
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Approximately 150 people, residing in shacks within the building, have been rendered homeless.
Police have arrested a woman suspected of starting the fire.
Gwamanda says, “We are currently working on relocating them to temporary emergency accommodation. But that will have to be done in collaboration with the national government. They will have to assist us financially in terms of the facilities that we need to allocate.”
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