At least 17 people, including three children, died in a slum near Johannesburg from a leak of toxic gas apparently used for scavenging gold at an abandoned mine, rescue services said Thursday.
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Members of the South African Police Service's (SAPS) forensic department take measurements about 300 metres away from a scene where people died from a gas leak at the Angelo informal settlement in Boksburg on July 6, 2023. At least 16 people, including children, have died after a gas leak at a South African informal settlement near Johannesburg, emergency services said on July 6, 2023, revising the death toll after some people were resuscitated. Fire and emergency services received a call around 8 pm (1800 GMT) on July 5, 2023 about a gas explosion, but on arrival they discovered it was "a gas leakage from a cylinder" containing a "poisonous gas". -- Photo: Wikus de Wet / AFP
2023-07-06 17:20:31
At least 17 people, including three children, died in a slum near Johannesburg from a leak of toxic gas apparently used for scavenging gold at an abandoned mine, rescue services said Thursday.
Emergency teams received a call at around 8:00 pm (1800 GMT) on Wednesday about a blast in the slum of Angelo, near the middle-class suburb of Boksburg.
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