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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ATDF driver
there is too many Zimbabweans in South Africa
The gas was going to Botswana
Please retract your inaccurate reporting. This was not a routine delivery. The gas was meant for export to Botswana. It was not meant for the hospital.
VERY SAD…LOST OF LIVES……..HUMAN ERROR…..
My cousin passed away 😰 his house got burned doing the accident and the family members are in hospital😭😭, from South Africa
Not a fuel tanker, gas tanker.
How the driver miss judged the height of the bridge,,most of the bridges are written height restriction ???
15 killed one lady lost 4 kids
tanker from richardsbau to over boder
When you have a useless minister of transport…
The tanker was transporting gas from Richards Bay to Botswana. No notification was given to the surrounding towns to notify them that a dangerous gas was being transported. The driver was not following the correct route.
The tanker was not delivering gas at the hospital, it was delivering gas to Botswana, but the drive took a route that was not scheduled and went under a bridge that was too low for the truck height. The driver has since been arrested for the calamity he has caused by not obeying the laws of the kind of truck he drives and for not following procedure for delivering flammable cargo.
It's South Africa, they were probably trying to steal the lorry. Nothing outa the ordinary
Rest in peace.
South African incompetence on full display. This is just the tip of the ice berg and unfortunately more innocent people have passed because of that incompetence.
Sabotage to divert attention from Ramaphosa impasse.
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Was not delivering gas to hospital.
So sad. Siuth Africa need the railways back. Far too many trucks
May their so rest in peace, guys please no pointing finger at this point, this is disaster
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🤞
🙆♀️🙆♀️🙆♀️😭😭😭😭😭
This is heart breaking oh lord 😢
Death toll has risen. It's now15 people dead.
Retract this video and do it over. Your credibility is on the line.
The death toll is now 15
Was the bridge height marked? Usually is. Did the driver know how tall his truck was? He should have.
Mike did,s/o bros
This literally reminds me of what happened in Lebanon.
Incompetence!
This is so so sad and hart breaking 😢 💔
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?
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.
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.
People in this country put little to no effort in the work they do, they just relaxed about everything till someone's dead.
RiP 😑
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
That truck driver was doing acts of terrorism! Why force a big DANGEROUS-GOODS truck through a low bridge like that????
its is 18 deaths atm
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.
The charred humans walking begging for relief was so sad :'(''
And people will still think fuel is the best way to power future cars 🤦🏻♂️
Especially the truck driver
What ever is left of RSA, you are destroying that to