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 by Wikus de Wet / AFP)
In Südafrika sind nach einem Gasleck mindestens 17 Menschen ums Leben gekommen. Weitere 11 Personen sollen noch im Krankenhaus behandelt werden. Agenturberichten zufolge sollen die Rettungsdienste am Mittwochabend zu einer Gasexplosion im informellen Siedlungsgebiet Angelo östlich von Johannesburg gerufen worden sein. Bei ihrem Eintreffen stellte sich jedoch heraus, dass giftiges Nitratoxidgas aus einer Gasflasche ausgetreten war. Das Gas soll von illegalen Bergbauarbeitern genutzt worden sein, um Gold aus dem Boden zu holen, heißt es von Seiten der Behörden. Der Unglücksort liegt bei Boksburg, wo im vergangenen Monat ein Erdbeben der Stärke 5,0 mit dem Labyrinth der unterirdischen Tunnel und Schächte durch den illegalen Bergbau in Verbindung gesetzt wurde. Im Dezember vergangenen Jahres kamen dort zudem 41 Personen bei der Explosion eines Gastankers ums Leben.
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