2022 Boksburg tanker explosion

When

2022

Kind

Explosion

Coordinates

26.22° S, 28.24° E

Description

tanker explosion on 24 December 2022

Deaths

41

Date from

year in its Wikidata description

Fuel tanker explosion in Greater Johannesburg, South Africa

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, with a death toll of 41 people as of 18 January 2023. Nearby infrastructure was damaged by the explosion.

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