Process to identify Joburg fire victims underway
Updated | By Jacaranda FM
The process of identifying the bodies of the victims of the fire at a Johannesburg CBD building got underway at a mortuary in Soweto on Friday.

Acting CEO of the Gauteng Forensic Pathology Services, Thembalethu Mpahlaza, said 62 victims were burnt beyond recognition.
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"Out of the 74 bodies that we have collected, we only have 12 bodies that are identifiable - that can be viewed."
Mpahlaza was speaking outside a mortuary in Diepkloof where the bodies were moved.
He said social services are on hand to assist the families coming to identify their loved ones.
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The fire at the hijacked building broke out in the early hours of Thursday morning, leaving dozens more injured.

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