News24 reports that a Johannesburg building, in which a blaze claimed the lives of three firemen in September 2018, will soon be no more.  

The Gauteng provincial government has announced that the Bank of Lisbon building would be imploded on Sunday.  The 31-storey building is situated at 37 Pixley ka Isaka Seme Street, in the Johannesburg central business district.  "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 on Wednesday.  He added that the project and clearing of the site would be completed in March 2020.  "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," Netshiswinzhe advised.

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