An LPG gas tanker travelling in Boksburg on the morning of 24 December 2022 exploded, causing 10 fatalities. This is according to reports from the Ekurhuleni Emergency Services, which also confirmed that damage sustained to the nearby OR Tambo Memorial ...
The gas tanker, which had been travelling from the Free State, sustained damage when passing under a low bridge. The vehicle’s release valve caught on the bridge and a fire started, say Ekurhuleni Emergency Services.
The blast has resulted in 10 confirmed fatalities, 26 serious injuries, the destruction of two vehicles and a fire engine, as well as damage to three nearby houses and the hospital, which is only 100m away from the site of the explosion, say Ekurhuleni Emergency Services reports.“The impact of the explosion affected houses and buildings within an estimated 500 metres of the scene,” says a statement issued by the Gauteng Department of Health.
“The horrific tanker explosion outside OR Tambo Memorial Hospital this morning tragically resulted in loss of life, multiple injuries with various degrees of burns, damage to the Emergency Department at the hospital, destruction of a low-lying bridge, railway lines and multiple homes in the surroundings,” said Dr Imtiaz Sooliman, founder of Gift of the Givers.
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