Wall Street Journalさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Wall Street JournalInstagram)「At least 77 people died in a fire in downtown Johannesburg last week, all of them Black and among the poorest in the sprawling metropolis.⁠ ⁠ Witnesses watched their neighbors tumbling from the floors above. Some were on fire, their bodies leaving a trail of light and smoke as they fell. Others clutched pieces of luggage, desperate to save a few belongings as tragedy struck a community that already got by on next to nothing.⁠ ⁠ City officials said 200 or more families lived in the “hijacked” building, one of hundreds of dilapidated and abandoned downtown structures that have been taken over by squatters. Some residents said they thought it was home to more than 1,000 people, with around 400 living on the sprawling ground floor alone, which was divided into the tiniest rooms and where many residents said the fire started.⁠ ⁠ Yandisa Mnqandi, who leaped from a fifth-story ledge with his son in his arms, landed feet first on the ground and felt his right leg crack. Seconds earlier, his wife had made the leap and survived. Right behind him, he assumed, was his 16-year-old stepdaughter, but there was no sign of her. The family eventually identified her remains from photos viewed on a laptop. “It was the smoke that got her,” Mnqandi said.⁠ ⁠ Cynthia Nkosi, who jumped from the third floor with her two-year-old, landed miraculously unhurt. For a second there was silence, then the girl, still tied to her mother’s back, began to cry. “At least she’s alive,” Nkosi thought. Above, she saw flames in the window she had jumped from just moments ago.⁠ ⁠ Read more at the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ 📷: @samreinders & @ihsaan_haffo for @wsjphotos」9月8日 3時01分