LISTEN | 'Skin was hanging from their bodies. It was total carnage'- Horror at the scene of Boksburg tanker blast
Hospital staff relive the chaos that followed the Boksburg gas tanker tragedy on Christmas Eve
30 December 2022 - 00:04
“I have been through traumatic experiences in medicine. You are taught you will see death, but nothing can prepare you for this. It was like a missile and napalm attack. A Middle Eastern war zone,” said medical intern Dr Jean Suzor of the Boksburg gas tanker blast on Christmas Eve that has killed 27 people...
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