'Illegal mining did not cause the Joburg explosion'- City Manager

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'Illegal mining did not cause the Joburg explosion'- City Manager
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'IllegalMining did not cause the JoburgExplosion'- City Manager Floyd Brink said their investigation shows that no humans live in the tunnels that run in the belly of the CBD Report: PatBambalele JoburgCBD JoziExplosion BreeStreetExplosion

Brink further said they will restore electricity and other essential services that were suspended after the explosion by Monday. He further said the affected streets will continue to be cordoned off for safety reasons.

“We are now beginning to see a decrease in the presence of the gas in that particular area and it should soon be safe to allow for the restoration of power and other services by Monday next week. At the moment 25 chemical toilets, five stationary water tanks have been stationed in the area. We have now deployed the disaster management and our social management development team to assist the families with warm meals.

“The integrity check was done specifically within the basement areas. However, we've struggled to gain access to one of the high-rise buildings. We will finalise the test once we can gain access and we can indicate to you that we've managed to trace the owner of the building. All the Egoli Gas valves have been completely closed at this stage and our technical teams assure us that they are in in the process of isolating the area from their system.

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