None of the patients injured in the explosion in the Johannesburg CBD have symptoms of gas inhalation.
with an update after visiting the Charlotte Maxeke Hospital where some of those injured were taken.
“ I have not seen any symptoms of gas [inhalation]. They didn’t indicate that,” said Nkomo-Ralehoko.
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