Boksburg gas tanker explosion death toll rises to 40 – Lesufi

GAUTENG Premier Lesufi confirmed on Thursday that the death toll in the Boksburg gas tanker explosion has risen to 40.

““Today marks 20 days since the fateful day that caused untold anguish to the nation. It leaves me numb that since that last update we gave, we have since lost three additional lives bringing the number of the deceased from the terrible incident to 40. This number saddened us as we continue to work with the police to collate this information,” Lesufi said.

Lesufi said the Gauteng government has since appointed the police department under provincial police commissioner general Elias Mawela to be in charge of collecting statistics.

Through the record of the police, Lesufi said the provincial government is able to account for the record of each and every person who has passed on, including those remaining in hospital and those who have been buried or are in the