Two homes damaged during Boksburg tanker explosion: Dr Sooliman

Gift of the Givers’ Doctor Imtiaz Sooliman says at least two homes were damaged after the explosion of a gas tanker in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg, on Saturday.

Fifteen people were killed after the tanker got stuck under a low bridge and exploded. Sooliman says teams remain deployed to assist with emergency supplies and the immediate needs of the communities affected in the vicinity of the incident.

“It damaged two of the houses outside the hospital. It brought down the entire emergency department of the hospital. As a result of that, people had to be evacuated from the emergency department. Patients had to be moved from the ICU to other parts of the hospital. Six nurses and a doctor were injured. Onlookers initially saw the first fire and started coming closer and when the explosion happened, it caught everyone of guard. Some of them were severely burnt. There were 163 casualties, and some are still missing.

Source: eNCA

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