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No one is allowed access into the exclusion zone, which includes everything inside Diagonal, Pritchard, Simmonds and Commissioner streets in the CBD.

The Johannesburg building was where a blaze claimed the lives of three firemen last year.

The decision comes after a structural assessment on the building was conducted, following the fatal fire in September 2018.“After an assessment was conducted by structural engineers, it was discovered that the fire caused severe damage to the slabs of the burnt floors and posed a threat of collapsing if left [unchecked],” infrastructure development department head, Bethuel Netshiswinzhe, said this past Wednesday.

“The contractor has completed pre-demolition works that includes amongst others decanting, salvaging, stripping of walls, ceilings and carpets, wrapping of the walls and demolition of basement floor slaps around the main structure core,” he said.“Following that the site will be prepared for future building in order to meet the accommodation needs of GPG, plans that I will soon communicate.

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