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No closure two years after fatal Boksburg blast

BOKSBURG - It has been two years since the Boksburg gas tanker explosion, which claimed 41 lives.

No one has been held legally responsible for the incident, and families who lost loved ones in the explosion are still calling for justice.

READ: Survivors still searching for answers after Boksburg blast

Ekurhuleni Disaster Management Service confirms that Boksburg SAPS has been tasked with handling the matter and that the area is still a crime scene.

According to investigations, the 32-year-old truck driver who was operating the vehicle did not act carelessly and attempted to get the crowd of people to a safe distance, before fainting from inhalation.

  • eNCA’s Sonri Naidoo filed this report.

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