At least nine people died when the truck got stuck under a bridge outside the Tambo Hospital in Boksburg, and then exploded.
CAPE TOWN - Gift of the Givers founder, Doctor Imtiaz Sooliman, said that two homes were damaged in Saturday's explosion in Boksburg.
He said that the structural damage was not as severe to houses, and there wasn't a need for mass evacuations.Residents had moved towards the gas truck when it first burst into flames. Eight bodies are scattered just outside the O.R Tambo Memorial hospital in Boksburg. This follows a gas truck explosion during the early hours of this morning. @ewnreporter pic.twitter.com/6aRlfqNws9"We'll make ambulances available - we've got a partner called Medi Response ambulance and we said we'll oof that to them.
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