Gas tanker explodes in Boksburg leaving 8 dead & many injured including 6 firefighters
Ekurhuleni Emergency Management Services (EMS) says it can confirm that eight people have been killed and six firefighters hospitalized following an explosion in Boksburg on Saturday morning.
EMS says a gas tanker allegedly got stuck under a bridge and caught fire.
It’s understood that the tanker exploded as the firefighters were busy extinguishing the flames.
JHB – Boksburg: Gas Truck Explosion: Road Closures of Hospital Road / Railway Road pic.twitter.com/GyuZn9Zqc1
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EMS spokesperson William Ntladi says the bridge has been completely destroyed.
“So the subway bridge is completely destroyed. Part of the hospital’s casualty department roof has collapsed. We’ve got two houses that are nearby that caught alight”
-EWN
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