Nine people died and around 40 others were injured in the explosion of a tanker truck full of gas in Boksburg, about 40 kilometers east of Johannesburg, we learned this Saturday from emergency services.
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The truck got stuck under a bridge, near a hospital but also houses on Saturday morning.
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The firefighters intervened but unfortunately the truck exploded
," William Ntladi, spokesman for the emergency services in this area, told AFP.