More than 60 people have died after a five-storey building caught fire in Johannesburg. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE
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The fire in the central business district of the South African city also injured 43 people, according to emergency services on Thursday.

The municipal government said 63 bodies have been recovered and 43 people had been injured, posting on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.

The ABC spoke to TimesLIVE reporter Khanyisile Ngcobo in Johannesburg.

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