Tanker explosion Boksburg

Tambo Memorial CEO Zenzo Ndabula is holding a prayer service for staff today. The hospital also suffered severe structural damage to some areas in the blast.

On most of the floors where windows were broken, blood was observed on the floors, believed to be that of injured staff and/or patients. They must provide the full names of their loved ones. The roof was damaged, ceilings collapsed, windows were broken and equipment damaged. “We extend our deepest condolences and sympathies to these colleagues’ families,” - The severe staff injuries at the hospital affected those who were in the parking area and members of the public outside. According to hospital CEO Zenzo Ndabula, these staff members were in a parking area on the premises at the time of the explosion and sustained severe burn wounds.

Gift of the Givers' Doctor Imtiaz Sooliman says at least two homes were damaged after the explosion of a gas tanker in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg, ...

Patients had to be moved from the ICU to other parts of the hospital. It brought down the entire emergency department of the hospital. “It damaged two of the houses outside the hospital.

JOHANNESBURG - Families are coming to terms with their loss after a gas tanker explosion claimed 15 lives in Boksburg on Saturday. One family lost four children ...

"The mother of the kids is not doing good. Families of the Boksburg explosion victims are coming to grips with their loss. Senior reporter Silindelo Masikane brings us the latest from the scene.

The death toll from a fuel tanker explosion in a South African city east of Johannesburg has risen to 15, the health minister said Sunday.

here across the road, 16, the girl, and 25, the boy, who came and did my lawn every weekend for me". We did burn behind our backs," he said. [You are invited to the ultimate holiday in paradise](https://www.jacarandafm.com/shows/drive/you-are-invited-ultimate-holiday-paradise/) She said she later learned of the deaths of "two... The tanker, transporting liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), was caught beneath a bridge close to the hospital and houses on Saturday morning in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg. "Yesterday (Saturday), the death toll was at 10 people and now we are sitting at 15 as of this morning," Joe Phaahla told reporters at Tambo Memorial Hospital.

Ten people died and around 40 others were injured when a fuel tanker exploded in Boksburg, a South African city east of Johannesburg, emergency services ...

Firefighters were called to extinguish the flames. “We received a call at 0750 telling us a gas tanker was stuck under a bridge. “I think I was 50 meters (164 feet) away from the scene and when the third one exploded, I was about 400 meters away.”

Families of the Boksburg gas tanker explosion victims are struggling to come to terms with their loss and devastation.

"The mother of the kids is not doing good. Families of the Boksburg explosion victims are coming to grips with their loss. Senior reporter Silindelo Masikane brings us the latest from the scene.

The death toll from a gas tanker that exploded in Johannesburg on Saturday has nearly doubled to fifteen, authorities said, adding that they'd arrested the ...

Register for free to Reuters and know the full story A spokesman for the South African police service for Gauteng province, which includes Johannesburg, said the police had traced and arrested the driver in a hospital where he was being treated late on Sunday. JOHANNESBURG, Dec 26 (Reuters) - The death toll from a gas tanker that exploded in Johannesburg on Saturday has nearly doubled to fifteen, authorities said, adding that they'd arrested the driver and charged him with culpable homicide.

The transport company involved in Saturday's deadly gas tanker explosion in Boksburg has approached humanitarian aid organisation Gift of the Givers for ...

Though two houses were damaged, the injuries don't seem to [all] be from the surrounding homes. Some are critical, so I expect the number [of fatalities] to increase,” he said. The injured have been taken to several private and public hospitals. but it seems he is in an area of no network as my messages have not gone through,” Sooliman said. The injuries are patients and staff in the [hospital] nurses and other staff waiting at the taxi ranks, onlookers ... He wants to get personally involved in assisting but wants to know how to do it the right way and what to do ...

EKURHULENI - The death toll in the Boksburg gas tanker explosion has risen to 18. The Gauteng Department of Health says nine of the deceased are staff ...

The transport company involved in Saturday's deadly gas tanker explosion in Boksburg has approached humanitarian aid organisation Gift of the Givers for ...

Though two houses were damaged, the injuries don't seem to [all] be from the surrounding homes. Some are critical, so I expect the number [of fatalities] to increase,” he said. but it seems he is in an area of no network as my messages have not gone through,” Sooliman said.

The Gauteng department of health has announced that the death toll from the gas tanker explosion in Boksburg has now risen to 18 people.

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No official results have been released yet on how the tanker blew up a bridge, killing numerous people and leaving scores injured. Audrey Vushendibaba was ...

The death toll from the tanker explosion has risen to 18 and 9 of the deceased are Tambo Memorial Hospital staff members.The department of health has now ...

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Of the 18 fatalities, nine are Tambo Memorial Hospital staff.

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The truck carrying LPG gas exploded after the driver tried to pass under a low-lying bridge along Hospital Street in Plantation in Boksburg on Gauteng's ...

There are so many patients to be attended to hence, we are calling on our colleagues to please avail yourselves and assist other colleagues who are in state facilities.” [Boksburg truck explosion](https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/fuel-tanker-explodes-in-boksburg-several-killed/) on Christmas eve. [Boksburg gas tanker explosion](https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/no-new-patients-will-be-admitted-to-the-hospital-treating-gas-tanker-explosion-casualties-phaahla/) are receiving care.

Download logoPresident Cyril Ramaphosa is deeply saddened by the continued loss of life following the explosion of a truck near the OR Tambo Memorial.

The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. This Press Release has been issued by APO. The President said: “As Government, we are taking all necessary actions to bring relief to persons affected by the incident and we draw inspiration in our own efforts from the demonstrations of ubuntu we are seeing on the part of communities and community-based organisations.

Rosetta Briets lost five of her children on Saturday during a gas tanker explosion in Boksburg.

I’m living it day by day just to get through everything.” Rosetta Briets lost five of her children on Saturday to a Rosetta Briets lost five of her children on Saturday during a gas tanker explosion in Boksburg.

Initial cost estimates show that at least R18 million will need to be spent to repair damages to Tambo Memorial Hospital in Boksburg, which was damaged ...

He added that the hospital is more than 100 years old, and this presented some challenges in carrying out repairs. Early indications are that the tanker did not fit under the low-lying bridge, became damaged, caught fire, and exploded. The damage was limited to roofs, ceilings, windows, and doors. However, there were still several damages," he said. He added that contractors had already been appointed to attend to the repairs of windows and doors. During a visit to the hospital on Tuesday, Gauteng MEC for Human Settlements and Infrastructure Development Lebogang Maile said the blast had not resulted in any structural damage to the hospital building.