One fatality reported following Midrand complex blaze

A body has been recovered following the fire that gutted a residential complex in Midrand, north of Johannesburg, last night.

Many residents at the Broadwalk Urban Village complex were evacuated to safety.

However, some lost everything in the fire that destroyed 130 units.

Johannesburg Emergency Services Spokesperson Xolile Khumalo says they are investigating the cause of the blaze.

The EMS Search and Rescue team has recovered the body of a female submerged under rubble and the roof that had collapsed during the fire incident. The body was recovered just before 12 this afternoon. The body has been identified.

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