A tanker blast near a hospital in South Africa has killed at least 34 people, including 11 health workers. The blast also tore off the roof of the hospital’s emergency department.
The death toll from a gas tanker explosion in Johannesburg onThe blast tore the roof off the emergency department at the Tambo Memorial hospital in the city'son Saturday, while also injuring scores of bystanders, destroying houses and several cars.
Officials and forensic experts stand beside bodies in the aftermath of a tanker explosion in Boksburg, a city east of Johannesburg, on Dec. 24, 2022. The severe nature of the burns inflicted by the blast was expected to result in an increase in the number of deaths, authorities had earlier said.Victims included children as young as nine, according to a message shared by the health department on social media commemorating a memorial for the victims.
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