Midrand apartment block fire | Woman's body recovered from the rubble

JOHANNESBURG - The Johannesburg emergency teams have recovered the body of a woman in the Midrand complex that was engulfed by the fire on Tuesday night. 

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Search and rescue teams had been searching for one person reported missing. 

One person sustained injuries and was taken to the hospital.

Joburg EMS spokesperson, Xolile Khumalo said, "the fire, first and foremost was reported to us yesterday (Tuesday) evening, a few minutes after nine o'clock. So the fire teams rushed to the fire incident scene where they began their fire fighting operations."

"They did their firefighting until 4 AM. They then came back again, a different team to relieve the team that left at four o'clock to conduct search and rescue operations."

"Around 12 o'clock the team recovered the body of a female that was submerged under rubble and roof material that collapsed last night."

"The body that has been recovered is the only person that has been reported missing. So the search and rescue team will terminate their search shortly. Nobody else has come forward with information that their family members are also missing."

Emergency services say law enforcement agencies will now take over the scene for further investigation.