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The Boksburg explosion took place on 24 December 2022, when a fuel tanker carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) exploded underneath a railway bridge in Boksburg, in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, [1] with a death toll of 41 people as of 18 January 2023. [2] Nearby infrastructure was damaged by the explosion.
One person died and at least 48 more were injured after the underground explosion ripped open roads and flipped a number of vehicles on the evening of Wednesday 19 July.
A suspected underground gas explosion during Johannesburg's evening rush hour ripped open roads and flipped more than 20 cars in South Africa’s biggest city Wednesday, injuring at least nine ...
One man died and at least 48 people were injured after a suspected underground gas explosion ripped open roads and flipped vehicles in the heart of South Africa's biggest city, authorities and ...
24 – An explosion at 14h00 injures 16 civilians at a Wimpy Bar fast-food restaurant on Rissik Street, Johannesburg. 27 – At a police roadblock near the Botswana border four cadres are killed and one policeman injured. 28 – An explosion just before 12h00 injures two people in a Queenstown shopping centre.
On 5 July 2023, a gas leak killed 17 people, including three children, in Boksburg, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, South Africa. [1] Ten other people were hospitalised. [2]
New London School explosion: 26 April 1942 China: Benxihu Colliery, Liaoning Province: 1,549 Unknown 1942 Benxihu Colliery disaster – Explosion at a coal mine in the Japanese-occupied colliery. [5] 11 April 1944 British India: Bombay: 800+ 3,000+ 1944 Bombay Explosion – A British Fort ship exploded in Bombay Harbour. 21 May 1944 United States
In pictures: Johannesburg responds to worst fire in South Africa’s history More than 70 people were killed when fire raged through a five-storey Johannesburg apartment block, one of the worst ...