80 Albert Street Fire

When

31 Aug 2023

Kind

Fire

Coordinates

26.21° S, 28.05° E

Description

deadly blaze in Johannesburg, South Africa

Deaths

77

Injured

88

Deadly blaze in South Africa

On 31 August 2023 at around 01:30 SAST, a fire engulfed an illegally occupied government-owned building in Johannesburg, South Africa; 77 people were killed and 88 others were injured. It was one of the deadliest fires in South African history.

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• Wikidata: famines, epidemics and firesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “2023 Johannesburg building fire: 77 people are killed and more than 85 are injured in a fire in a building that had been taken over by gangs who rented it out…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Brand in einem Wohngebäude im südafrikanischen Johannesburg”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “un incendie à Johannesbourg tue au moins 73 personnes”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Ocurre un incendio en un edificio de Johannesburgo matando a 77 personas y 85 resultan heridas, que había sido tomado por pandillas que lo alquilaron a…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “مقتل 77 وإصابة 88 على الأقل إثر حريق في مبنى استيطان عشوائي في جوهانسبرج بجنوب إفريقيا”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “南非約翰內斯堡一座住宅樓發生致命火災，造成76人死亡、88人受傷，是南非歷年傷亡人數最多的火災事故。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “南アフリカ共和国・ヨハネスブルグの繁華街で火災が発生し、少なくとも73人が死亡。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page