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The acting Johannesburg chief of the Emergency Medical Services acting chief Rapulane Monageng takes the commission through images of the 80 Albert Avenue building before and after the fire.

The acting Johannesburg chief of the Emergency Medical Services acting chief Rapulane Monageng takes the commission through images of the 80 Albert Avenue building before and after the fire.

Emergency Medical Services acting chief Rapulane Monageng called the fire at 80 Albert Street a "pure accident" instead of a disaster.

He was the first to be called to testify at the commission of inquiry into the Usindiso fire on Thursday. 

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