the death The outcome of a fuel tanker explosion on Christmas Eve near East Johannesburg climbed to 34 people, including 10 health workers at a nearby hospital, officials said.
the truck She was carrying gas when she got stuck under a low bridge in City of Boksburg, lit on fire. Firefighters also tried extinguish The tanker exploded, according to emergency services officials.
a “fire Authorities said a bomb “from the blast severely damaged the Tambo Memorial Hospital, located about 100 meters (0.06 miles) away”. in Hospital parking lot, some about to leave after their shifts and some trying to move their cars away fire.
Besides losing of Life, and the hospital’s emergency unit and radiology department were severely damaged, Your Excellency of Health Joe Bahla said.
The other dead were residents who They gathered to see the combustion truck. No less than 321 injured people They were taken to the damaged hospital, although some were later transferred to others in Johannesburg area.
bang also Several homes and vehicles were destroyed, according to officials.
“Fireball in the sky,” He is how Rolf Bjornstad, a resident, described the explosion on South Africa News 24 website.
“there was heat coming to house. I thought of My wife and children and help those affected people,” He said.
South African Council of Churches held memorial services for All dead in the incident.
32-year-Old driver He was arrested a few days after the accident but was later released by the officials who He said there was not enough evidence to charge him.
tanker truck Transportation of liquefied petroleum gas – used in homes and industries for Heating and Cooking – She was on her way to Botswana from South Africa’s Indian Ocean port of Richards Bay, officials said.
The company you hired driver, Innovative employee solutions, he said he was not careless. he took wrong Turn around and follow directions to get there back on the highway. clearance for The bridge was not visible, but he stopped and estimated that truck He will get under the bridge. But he didn’t count it as the front of the truck He went down in retreat, and back The end will go higher.
when the deck of the truck stumbled driver Call fire They tried to keep motorists and pedestrians away from the site. A local said he collapsed from inhaling gas fumes and was taken away by an ambulance shortly before the explosion. media.
The city’s mayor, Tanya Campbell, said the incident would be investigated of Ekurhuleni, the municipality that includes Boksburg.
