South African officials announced today, Saturday, that at least eight people were killed and 50 others injured when a truck loaded with liquefied petroleum gas exploded in the town of "Boksburg" east of "Johannesburg".
And the American (ABC) news channel quoted emergency services officials as saying that the upper part of the truck hit a low embankment; as a result, a fire ignited that caused the explosion, which destroyed many homes and cars, indicating that the injured were taken to a hospital for treatment.
For her part, "Tania Campbell," mayor of the "Ekorhuleni" region, in which the town of "Boksburg" is located, said that an investigation will be opened to find out the causes and circumstances of this explosion
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