South Africa Gas Leak | 24 people, including women and children, died after toxic gas spread in a South African township

South Africa gas leak: At least 24 people, including three children, have died after poisonous gas leaked from a cylinder in the town of Boksburg, near Johannesburg. South African police gave this information. According to the emergency services, initially 16 people died but later this number increased to 24.Ekurhuleni municipality spokesman William Ntaldi said authorities were still at the scene searching for more victims.

South Africa gas leak kills 24

24 people lost their lives due to suspected gas in Angelo informal settlement in South Africa’s Boksburg town on Wednesday night. Zama-Zama, who works from a shack in the informal settlement, was told that a gas cylinder had leaked, releasing nitric oxide, South African online newspaper Times Live reported.

South African police said on Wednesday that the accident occurred in a township in the town of Boksburg, on the eastern outskirts of Johannesburg. Emergency services spokesman William Nataldi said a gas cylinder in a shack in Angelo township leaked due to a leak. The leak has now been plugged and rescue workers are at the scene searching for casualties.

According to Entlady, it is not clear when the gas leak started, but by the time emergency crews arrived at the scene at around 8am (local time), the cylinder had already gone dry.

Another officer from Ekurhuleni EMS provided details of the horrific scene where the bodies were recovered. He claimed that women and children were among the victims, whose remains were scattered around the settlement, far from the source of the leak.

Who are the Zama-Zama people?

Officer he said “Zama-Zama people live among the community and clean and refine their gold using a gas cylinder. Sadly, this time the gas cylinder leaked, resulting in suffocation of the sleeping people. Waking up, they tried to run away but died of smoke inhalation.They were too naked.

Meanwhile, another official from the local Metro Police Department said the initial call was only to report an explosion. “It was only after further investigation that it could be said that it was not a blast, a gas leak,” he said.

Officer “The bodies are lying in and around the scene of the incident,” he said, adding that investigators and experts are reaching the spot. Last year in Boksburg, 41 people were killed when a truck carrying liquefied petroleum gas got stuck under a bridge and exploded on Christmas Eve.