LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- A yet-to-be-identified man has lost his life in an explosion that injured no fewer than 48 persons in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Firefighters reportedly found the man’s body found under a vehicle.
The cause of the blast on 19 July, which ripped open roads and damaged at least 34 vehicles in downtown Johannesburg, is yet to be ascertained.
According to Aljazeera, the company that supplies gas to that part of the city said it did not believe its underground pipelines were responsible for the explosion.
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Commenting on the development, the spokesperson for Johannesburg’s Emergency Management Service, Robert Mulaudzi, in a post on Twitter, said the corpse of the deceased victim was found during the rescue operation at nighttime.
“We are still searching for the source,” said Panyaza Lesufi, the premier of the Gauteng province where Johannesburg is located, Aljazeera reports.
As of the time of filing this report, no fewer than 36 injured victims had been treated and discharged while a total of 12 victims were said to still be hospitalized in various hospitals in Johannesburg.
It was learnt that the fear of a second explosion made authorities evacuate people from the affected area but some people are said to have returned to the area earlier today, either for work or to their homes.