Johannesburg emergency services say one person has been found dead and 41 people have been injured as a result of the Bree Street explosion in the CBD on Wednesday afternoon.
Meanwhile, City Power spokesperson Isaac Mangena says power services within the Johannesburg CBD are affected by the explosion.
“Three substations were affected. These include, Braamfontein and Johnware substations are currently off. Our teams decided that we should not switch them on for fear that it might ignite with reports of suspected gas leak in the vicinity. Bree substation is a few meters away from the area with the huge impact, and the suspicion is that its structural integrity may have been affected.
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