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DNA to be conducted in identifying Jeppestown fire victims

Two fire victims burnt beyond recognition

JOHANNESBURG - Two of the victims of Sunday's Jeppestown fire were burnt beyond recognition. DNA tests will be conducted to identify them. 

Four people died and three others were injured when the hijacked building went up in flames.

READ: Four die and more than 200 affected by Jeppestown fire

Displaced victims have been accommodated in tents in the inner city. There are over 600 hijacked buildings in Johannesburg. 

Bafedile Moerane filed this report.

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