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The building, 80 Albert Street, has a notable history as it was built as a Pass Office during apartheid. See https://www.theheritageportal.co.za/article/80-albert-street-nerve-centre-controlling-black-peoples-lives-during-early-stages-apartheid and https://www.heritageregister.org.za/node/464. The blue plaque is visible near the door in some photos of the building after the fire. I haven't found a photo of the building on Wikimedia Commons. Zaian ( talk) 16:16, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
I read online (twitter, I think) that people displaced by the fire were refusing relocation in government-provided buses to emergency accommodation, as they feared they were being used to round up undocumented migrants (with some justification, based on previous actions by officials). Looking for a WP:RS for this. Zaian ( talk) 07:03, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
The article says that 76 people died in the fire, however, there are conflicting sources like this one (says 74 people died in the fire), this one (says 74 people died in the fire), this one, (says 74 people died in the fire) and this one (says 70 people died in the fire). Do we change the death toll in an edit or wait for proper data to be released? EnbyPie08 ( talk) 00:09, 2 September 2023 (UTC)
I am looking for comparable building fires in South Africa to add to the article, but have not found any so far. As far as I can tell this is the second highest fire death toll (currently 77) in South African history, after the Kinross mining disaster (177 dead). Zaian ( talk) 11:03, 4 September 2023 (UTC)
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I went and took pictures of the building after the incident. Kindly find category here: Bobbyshabangu talk 19:28, 4 September 2023 (UTC)
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The building, 80 Albert Street, has a notable history as it was built as a Pass Office during apartheid. See https://www.theheritageportal.co.za/article/80-albert-street-nerve-centre-controlling-black-peoples-lives-during-early-stages-apartheid and https://www.heritageregister.org.za/node/464. The blue plaque is visible near the door in some photos of the building after the fire. I haven't found a photo of the building on Wikimedia Commons. Zaian ( talk) 16:16, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
I read online (twitter, I think) that people displaced by the fire were refusing relocation in government-provided buses to emergency accommodation, as they feared they were being used to round up undocumented migrants (with some justification, based on previous actions by officials). Looking for a WP:RS for this. Zaian ( talk) 07:03, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
The article says that 76 people died in the fire, however, there are conflicting sources like this one (says 74 people died in the fire), this one (says 74 people died in the fire), this one, (says 74 people died in the fire) and this one (says 70 people died in the fire). Do we change the death toll in an edit or wait for proper data to be released? EnbyPie08 ( talk) 00:09, 2 September 2023 (UTC)
I am looking for comparable building fires in South Africa to add to the article, but have not found any so far. As far as I can tell this is the second highest fire death toll (currently 77) in South African history, after the Kinross mining disaster (177 dead). Zaian ( talk) 11:03, 4 September 2023 (UTC)
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I went and took pictures of the building after the incident. Kindly find category here: Bobbyshabangu talk 19:28, 4 September 2023 (UTC)