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South Africa: Gas Tanker Explosion Death Toll Rises
SAnews.gov.za, 12 January 2023
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says the number of those that have died as a result of the tragic gas tanker explosion in Boksburg in December has increased to 40. Read more »
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South Africa: Death Toll Rises After Explosion at OR Tambo Memorial Hospital
allAfrica, 27 December 2022
The death toll in the tanker gas explosion in Boksburg on December 24, 2022 at the Tambo Memorial Hospital, has now risen to 27 as at December 29, 2022, according to the Gauteng… Read more »
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South Africa: Fifteen Dead in Gas Tanker Blast, Driver Arrested
SAPS, 25 December 2022
On Saturday, 24 December 2022, in the evening following an explosion of a gas tanker in Boksburg, the police traced and arrested the driver of the tanker at a private hospital… Read more »
Death Toll in Fatal Tanker Blast at South African Hospital Rises
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has said the number of those that have died as a result of the tragic gas tanker explosion in Boksburg in December has increased to 40.
This includes at least 12 health-care workers who were based at the Tambo Memorial Hospital near the location of the blast. Others are still in hospital while a further 23 have been discharged.
The 32-year-old driver of the tanker, which was transporting gas from Richards Bay to Botswana was arrested. Authorities have however confirmed that he has since been released due to insufficient evidence according to Eyewitness News reports.
Several people are also being treated for third-degree burns and several children are among the dead.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has sent his condolences to the families who lost loved ones.
