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Boksburg, Johannesburg, South Africa: Cause: ... The victims were found within a radius of 100 meters (328 feet) from the leak. [6] [7] [8] Response.
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.
Johannesburg fire – latest: Children among 74 killed in one of the worst blazes in South Africa’s history Namita Singh,Maryam Zakir-Hussain and Eleanor Noyce September 1, 2023 at 1:27 AM
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 ...
The remains of some of the victims were taken to a mortuary in the township of Soweto, in the southwestern outskirts of South Africa's economic hub, where people began to gather as authorities ...
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.
In January 2024, a 29-year-old man was arrested after he confessed to starting the fire. The man said he started the fire in order to get rid of another murder victim's body on the orders of a Tanzanian drug dealer who also lived in the building. [17] He is currently facing 76 counts of murder and 120 counts of attempted murder. [18]