Boksburg Blast | Death toll increases to 40

JOHANNESBURG - The death toll in the Boksburg gas tanker explosion has increased to 40.

Three more people have succumbed to their injuries in the past week.

WATCH | Gauteng Premier Lesufi provides updates on Boksburg explosion

The horrific incident on Christmas Eve, left Boksburg residents reeling.

A truck, stuck under a low-lying bridge, exploded near the Tambo Memorial Hospital.

Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi confirmed all victims have been accounted for.

Watch the briefing in the video below.