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Thirty-seven vehicles, most of them taxis, were damaged during the explosion. One person died and at least 48 people were injured. As of Thursday morning, 12 people remained in hospital.No lights and ‘the high smell of gas’ morning after the Joburg CBD explosion
“Unfortunately, during the process of handing over the vehicles that were affected to their owners we found the body of a male underneath one of the cars. The body has not been identified and we are trying to locate relatives and family members.”The South African National Taxi Council said its leaders in the Greater Johannesburg region were meeting to decide on how to proceed with operations after the explosion.
The company, which is busy with inspections of the site, has however detected a small leak on the servitude pipeline at the corner of Bree and Eloff Stree on a 100mm pipe. “We believe the crack in the pipe has been caused by the road’s collapse. Our team is busy repairing this leak,” said the company in a statement.At the time of the explosion
was one of the first companies around which speculation about the possible cause of the underground explosion was formed. Now the company is at pains to shift the spotlight away.
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