An explosion rips open a street in Johannesburg (video)

It is a mysterious scene that happened in South Africa more precisely in Johannesburg in a street. It is an explosion coming from the basement and which ripped open a street. The toll is heavy: around fifty people were injured and one person died. Images of the incident are circulating around the world.

In a video, we can see the scene with a street literally split by the explosion in full rush hour late Wednesday afternoon. The damage looked like a disaster movie

A body has been found in the center of Johannesburg after a mysterious explosion which tore through the road at the end of the week, throwing pedestrians and cars, confirmed a spokesman for the emergency services of the South African metropolis. The number of injured rose to 48.

Emergency services raised the trail of a possible underground gas pipe explosion, but the Egoli gas company quickly claimed it was « unlikely » that the explosion « was caused by a gas pipe or a leak ». « Our network has not suffered any loss of pressure, which indicates that the pipes are intact. Our customers in the area continue to receive gas without interruption, » the company said.

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Witnesses mentioned chemical odors and steam escapes, but the authorities had no other information to communicate immediately.

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