Drama in South Africa – gas tanker explodes – death toll rises

Date:

After an explosion of a gas tanker in the South African city of Boksburg, 20 kilometers east of Johannesburg, the death toll has risen to 15. This was announced on Sunday by South African Health Minister Joe Phaahla and health official Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko of the Gauteng Regional Government during a visit to Tambo Memorial Hospital.

On Saturday, the gas tanker exploded on a bridge in the immediate vicinity of the hospital. According to Phaahla, 37 people in the hospital, including 13 hospital employees, suffered serious injuries from the metre-high fireball. The dead include two nurses and an ambulance driver.

The hospital was badly damaged by the blast of the explosion. Parts of the building threatened to collapse a day after the accident. A spokesman for the local emergency services had already announced on Saturday that two other houses had burned down. No further details were initially known about the cause of the explosion.

Source: Krone

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

Share post:

Subscribe

Popular

More like this
Related

New escalation – Iranian -Risraeli Exchange Exchange in Vienna

The Iranian ambassador in Vienna warns against further escalations...

Serious leg injury – Biker crashes against Boom and flies into the forest

In the hospital, the exit of a young Vorarlberg...

Expansion of the Pest – African pig fever in the Sauerland

In the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the first...

After the murderous Spree in Graz – Vice -debt director: “We hug ourselves in silence”

Norbert Urab is the deputy director at Borg Dreierschützengasse,...