Johannesburg fire survivors mourn friends and family killed in blaze

Mourners as seen at the Central Methodist Mission, at the memorial service in honour of the Marshalltown fire victims, in Johannesburg, South Africa September 8, 2023. REUTERS/Shiraaz Mohamed

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Still in the clothes he was wearing when he jumped out of his burning building a week ago, Abdul Witman took a seat in the pews of Johannesburg's Central Methodist Mission church on Friday to mourn the more than 70 people killed in the blaze.

The 29-year-old immigrant from Malawi said he was still waiting for the results of DNA tests to know whether the badly burnt bodies that were found in his room were those of his brother and his brother's family, with whom he lived.