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Nkateko Mabasa, reporting for Al Jazeera from the scene of the fire, spoke to Elis Daras, a Malawian expat living in South Africa.
Daras received a phone call from friends at around 8am (06:00 GMT) on Thursday, informing her of a fire at a building where her husband, Solomon Daras lived.
The 37-year-old immediately rushed to the scene from Mayfair, a suburb west of the city, but has not heard any news about her husband since arriving outside the gutted building.
It has left her wondering if her husband is one of the 73 people who have been reported dead so far, or amongst the 52 injured.
“I haven’t heard anything about Solomon. We don’t know whether he is dead or at the hospital”.
While emergency services officials conducted their search of the building, Elis and a group of women waited on a pavement two streets away from the scene.
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