More than 70 people have died after a building caught fire in Johannesburg, South Africa, with that number expected to go up as the search for victims continues, according to local officials.
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) A nighttime fire ripped through a rundown apartment building mainly occupied by homeless people and squatters in Johannesburg, forcing some to throw babies out of third-story windows in a desperate attempt to save them and leaving at least 73 people dead early Thursday,.