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
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