The fire service wants to be sure that no bodies are left behind from the blaze that killed 74 people.
BBC News, Johannesburg
The blaze, in the overcrowded and condemned five-storey building, claimed 74 lives, including 12 children.The cause of the fire remains unknown but forensic investigators are also at the site picking through the charred remains of the burnt-out building. Visiting the scene in central Johannesburg on Thursday evening, President Cyril Ramaphosa called the tragedy a "wake-up call for us to begin to address the situation of housing in the inner city".
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