Marshalltown fire: 11 more bodies identified
The Gauteng Department of Health has confirmed that another 11 of the unidentifiable bodies have been identified by the Forensic Pathology Digital Fingerprint System from the Marshalltown building fire.
The fire that erupted on 31 August, claimed the lives of 77 people, three of whom later succumbed to their injuries in hospital.
The department's spokesperson, Motalatale Modiba, says in his update released on Sunday that the salvaged fingerprints of the deceased were processed through the digital fingerprint system to identify 11 more people.
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"After autopsies were done and the deceased cleaned, further body examinations were done where another 7 bodies were identified by families through various features such as tattoos and other body marks.
"This means 18 more bodies were identified, bringing the number of identifiable bodies to 30 when combined with the 12 that were originally identifiable."
This as 62 people were unidentifiable victims of the Johannesburg inner-city building fire incident.
To date, the number of unidentifiable bodies stands at 44.
