Johannesburg Officials Backtrack on Gas Being Cause of Street Blast allafrica: SouthAfrica
results are"still inconclusive on the cause of the explosion and what may have ignited the gas or the source of the gas in the underground tunnels".on July 19, 2023 tore through part of Lillian Ngoyi Street , causing extensive damage and leaving one person dead and 48 others injured.
Shortly after the blast, Brink said there were three possible causes - ignition of methane gas in underground storm water systems due to sewage ingress could have led to the blast, the ignition of natural gas, mixed with oxygen in underground storm water drainage systems or service ducts, and the ignition of gas from a gas pipe burst.
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