On Wednesday (19 July) a massive explosion rocked Johannesburg (South Africa).
First feared to be an earthquake or a bomb, the blast split apart Bree Street, threw up to 23 cars (including mini-bus taxis) into the air, 48 people
were injured, and there's one confirmed fatality.
It is now thought to be a gas explosion, although details remain sketchy, disputed, and I think downright covered-up.
Let's just have a maze of endless investigations and commissions, until what passes as reporters these days lose interest and move to the next hot
topic ... or so it goes in SA.
See some footage and commentary (by Chris Wyatt) here:
Meanwhile, fears of further explosions remain, and, as the BBC reports, the public is urged to avoid the area. www.bbc.com...
edit on 20-7-2023 by halfoldman because: (no reason given)
Winding down maintenance to save money, means that you will have a problem keeping what's considered a modern society going. It seems to be
happening in a lot of countries as the downturn spreads.
For such a large "explosion" there seems to have been very little smoke, and no visible flame (that I saw in the video).
If this was the result of methane or some other natural gas, I would have expected to see much more open flame: take for example, the inferno that
erupted when a large natural gas line ruptured in San Bruno, California several years ago.
It could have been a methane buildup in the sewers it happened in Mexico a few years back.If the pumps are down because of blackouts that would make
the sewers into methane producers.