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| Date | 24 December 2022 |
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| Time | 6:15am–7:30am (SAST, GMT+2) |
| Location | Boksburg, Gauteng, South Africa |
| Coordinates | 26°13′08.4″S 28°14′36.7″E / 26.219000°S 28.243528°E |
| Type | LPG road tanker boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE) |
| Deaths | 41 |
| Non-fatal injuries | 14 |
| Missing | 2 |
| Hospitalised | 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.
- ^ "Death toll in South Africa fuel tanker explosion rises to 15". Al Jazeera. 24 December 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ^ "Boksburg blast death toll rises to 41". eNCA. 18 January 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2023.