Fire guts Midrand complex

LOSS: RESIDENTS GRAPPLING WITH AFTERMATH FOLLOWING LOSS OF ALL THEIR BELONGINGS

- TUTTO Thando Nondywana

Woman dies as most of the 130 units at Broadwalk Urban Village destroyed.

After a blaze tore through Broadwalk Urban Village in Midrand on Tuesday night, where most of the 130 units at the complex were destroyed, residents said yesterday they were grappling with the aftermath of the fire.

Shattered glass, collapsed roofs and black fire marks were all that remained of the two-storey block of flats.

The fire displaced hundreds of residents and claimed one life.

Occupants gathered on the pavement grass, some still in their nightwear while a small group handed out meals to the visibly exhausted survivors. None of the residents were allowed near or into the building.

Sihle Ndlovu, one of the survivors, said she was one of the last people to exit the building. She had been alone in her flat when the fire broke out.