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49. The Boksburg explosion took place on 24 December 2022, when a fuel tanker carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) exploded underneath a railway bridge in Boksburg, in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, [1] with a death toll of 41 people as of 18 January 2023. [2] Nearby infrastructure was damaged by the explosion.
Boksburg, Johannesburg, South Africa. Cause. Suspected nitric oxide gas leak linked to illegal gold mining. Deaths. 17. Non-fatal injuries. 10. On 5 July 2023, a gas leak killed 17 people, including three children, in Boksburg, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, South Africa. [1] Ten other people were hospitalised.
Welkom mining explosion. At least 31 people are suspected to have died in a methane gas explosion at a disused gold mine in South Africa around the third week of May in 2023. [ 3][ 2][ 4][ 5][ 6] The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) reported late on 22 June 2023 that the miners had died in a mining shaft at the abandoned ...
At least 31 people were believed to have died in a gas explosion in a disused mine shaft in South Africa that happened last month but was only now coming to light, authorities said Friday. The ...
At least 31 illegal miners are believed to have died in a gas explosion in a shuttered gold mine in South Africa that happened more than a month ago but is only now coming to light after people ...
Area. 30,000 ha (120 sq mi) The Vredefort impact structure is the largest verified impact structure on Earth. [1] The crater, which has since been eroded away, has been estimated at 170–300 kilometres (110–190 mi) across when it was formed. [2][3] The remaining structure, comprising the deformed underlying bedrock, is located in present-day ...
The Hastings mine explosion was a fire at the Victor-American Fuel Company coal mine in Hastings, Las Animas Country, Colorado, On April 27, 1917, in which 121 people died. The Cherry Mine disaster was a fire in the Cherry, Illinois, coal mine in 1909, and surrounding events, in which 259 men and boys died.
The first Hypermarket in South Africa was opened by Pick 'n Pay in Boksburg on 19 March 1975. The first day's turnover was R 176,000 [ 13 ] The first detection of a neutrino in nature was made in Boksburg's ERPM gold mine [ 14 ] by a group led by Friedel Sellschop in February 1965