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24 February 2023
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Mini fuel tanker trailer explosion on N1 in Johannesburg injures one
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One person was injured when a vehicle towing a trailer transporting fuel exploded on the N1 highway near the William Nicol Drive off-ramp on Friday, 17 February 2023. Johannesburg Emergency Services spokesperson, Xolile Khumalo, said it was not a tanker explosion as initially believed. “It is not a petrol tanker that exploded; it was... a vehicle transporting petrol in a trailer. A Mahindra truck pulling a trailer that was containing a small tanker that was about a thousand litres got involved in an accident ... between William Nicol and Malibongwe Drive.”
According to Kyle van Reenen of Emer-G-Med, their emergency services’ personnel and multiple emergency service agencies responded to the scene. “One person was treated for moderate injuries and taken by Emer-G-Med ambulance to a nearby hospital for further care,” van Reenen said.
Further comments on Facebook and Twitter stated that it was a ‘mini tanker’ trailer pulled by a bakkie. “The tanker dislodged, flipped onto N1 north and exploded. Seems very few if any legally compliant dangerous goods placards are displayed on vehicle combinations. Tanker obviously destroyed.”
The mini tanker was completely destroyed.
Sources: Arrive Alive, Emer-G-Med
According to Kyle van Reenen of Emer-G-Med, their emergency services’ personnel and multiple emergency service agencies responded to the scene. “One person was treated for moderate injuries and taken by Emer-G-Med ambulance to a nearby hospital for further care,” van Reenen said.
Further comments on Facebook and Twitter stated that it was a ‘mini tanker’ trailer pulled by a bakkie. “The tanker dislodged, flipped onto N1 north and exploded. Seems very few if any legally compliant dangerous goods placards are displayed on vehicle combinations. Tanker obviously destroyed.”
The mini tanker was completely destroyed.
Sources: Arrive Alive, Emer-G-Med
