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.
"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.
The minister said three hospital employees, two nurses and a driver, died later from severe burn injuries. Videos on social media showed a huge fireball under the bridge, which the tanker appeared to have been too high to go under.
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