Ten people have been killed and several others injured after a gas tanker exploded near the South African city of Boksburg, causing widespread damage.
Rescuers say the deadly blast occurred after a tanker carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) got caught beneath a bridge close to a hospital and houses.
Emergency services say they are investigating.
Al Jazeera’s @SoniaGallego reports.
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news and media love big explosions don't they.
Apparently, the death toll just Rose to 34😭💔 heartbreaking tragedy
Death toll has actually risen to 27…😭
Iuwisi
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People of south africa are rude
Ihhhshhh
What ever is left of RSA, you are destroying that to
Especially the truck driver
And people will still think fuel is the best way to power future cars 🤦🏻♂️
The charred humans walking begging for relief was so sad :'(''
What you won't see is the video of the people walking around the neighborhood afterward with their clothes burnt off and covered in 3rd degree burns, walking around like zombies with smoke still coming off their burnt bodies, and essentially waiting to die while in excruciating pain.
This was an incredibly disgusting tragedy that brought pure horror to the lives of many.
its is 18 deaths atm
That truck driver was doing acts of terrorism! Why force a big DANGEROUS-GOODS truck through a low bridge like that????
My sympathy for the families,remember the saying'curosity killed the cat',leaking gas and fuel means stay far away,dont go towards it,bit im sorry it happend
To have likes on social media its not worth it
RiP 😑
People in this country put little to no effort in the work they do, they just relaxed about everything till someone's dead.
One bit of good news tho, the driver is ok and will be out on bail and back home with his family cross border before new years day.
My condolences for the families. Routine things often are catastrophically neglected in South Africa. Our country has been hollowed out by the disease of corruption and incompetence.
Stupidity once again claims the lives of innocent people. The law is clear:
– Trucks are not allowed on a RESIDENTIAL road
– Trucks are not to ride under such a bridge (which was not designed dor trucks in the first place)
If his destination was Botswana, what was he doing in a RESIDENTIAL road in Boksburg?
How more easier should I laws be made for idiots to finally understand?
This is so so sad and hart breaking 😢 💔
Incompetence!
This literally reminds me of what happened in Lebanon.
Mike did,s/o bros
Was the bridge height marked? Usually is. Did the driver know how tall his truck was? He should have.
The death toll is now 15
Retract this video and do it over. Your credibility is on the line.
Death toll has risen. It's now15 people dead.
This is heart breaking oh lord 😢
🙆♀️🙆♀️🙆♀️😭😭😭😭😭
6 firefighters got injured, smells like incompetence and un-readiness for something like this… These type of things doesn't occur in South Africa, probably the first time, or close to it… An investigation will be done and the next time they would be able to handle it in a more effective way… I hope🤞
May their so rest in peace, guys please no pointing finger at this point, this is disaster
So sad. Siuth Africa need the railways back. Far too many trucks
Was not delivering gas to hospital.
💔
Sabotage to divert attention from Ramaphosa impasse.