Three children among 16 people killed by gas leak in South Africa
Al JazeeraAn emergency services spokesperson has said illegal mining operations are suspected in the deadly gas leak. A suspected gas leak has killed as many as 16 people including three children, in Boksburg, South Africa, a suburb just outside of Johannesburg. William Ntladi, an emergency services spokesperson for the nearby municipality of Ekurhuleni, said the gas leak emanated from a cylinder in the Angelo camp, an informal settlement with limited public services. While Ntladi initially estimated 24 people had died from nitrate gas inhalation, South Africa’s Gauteng Province Premier Panyaza Lesufi later told the media that the death toll had been verified at 16 after a recount. Ntladi also told Newzroom Afrika that the gas cylinder was “basically empty” by the time emergency services arrived on the scene: “So we don’t know from when was this activity taking place.” He speculated that the nitrate had been used to extrapolate gold from the soil.
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