Infinite Transport director Pierre Cronje told News24 company officials were on the scene in Railway Street following the explosion but were unable to trace their driver. | Lisaleesolomon1
Infinite Transport director Pierre Cronje told News24 company officials were on the scene in Railway Street following the explosion but were unable to trace their driver.
It was believed that the tanker caught alight after it scraped the top of its roof while driving under a low-lying bridge about 100 metres from Tambo Memorial Hospital. The driver was taken to a nearby hospital, said Road Traffic Management Corporation spokesperson Simon Zwane. "The destruction is far greater than anyone can currently envisage," said Gift of the Givers founder Imtiaz Sooliman in a statement.
His organisation offered to augment medical supplies to hospitals where patients were evacuated due to the hospital damage and provide non-medical support to firefighters, healthcare workers, staff, patients and families.
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