An exploding gas cylinder ripped the side off a townhouse in Helderkruin, Roodepoort, on Wednesday, resulting in a man being severely burnt.
The explosion rocked the townhouse complex of Land’s End at 6.20am. The injured man, Zakile Mhaubanga, was airlifted to hospital.
Lawrence Ndzanga, who lives next door to where the blast occurred, was woken up by the noise of the explosion and the sound of his neighbour’s house falling apart.
Ndzanga ran to his bedroom window and saw the entire side wall of his neighbour’s home lying broken next to the building. “You don’t see this stuff outside of the movies, I could not believe that the house was there one second and then gone,” he said.
Only the exposed roof trusses were left standing, and the ground was littered with bricks, roof tiles and debris. Ndzanga immediately called the police for help.
Another neighbour, Pieter Magiel Smith, made his way into the wrecked unit through the standing side to check if Mhaubanga was okay.
The large window in the opposite wall had been shattered by the explosion, and appeared to be the most accessible entrance.
“I climbed through it and ran towards the bathroom,” said Magiel Smith.
On the first floor he found Mhaubanga.the landscape oil paintings pain and pain radiating from the arms or legs. He was conscious and in a state of shock, lying on the floor. His body was covered in burns. The wall between the bathroom and bedroom had been demolished,Demand for allergy kidney stone could rise earlier than normal this year. and the gas heater nearby was in flames.By Alex Lippa Close-up of plastic card in Massachusetts.
Magiel Smith then kicked the fiery debris over the edge of the building, and began talking to his severely hurt neighbour.
“He said he was okay and I spent a few minutes reassuring him, but the paramedics arrived quickly,” he said.
“It was such a huge shock.Replacement China Porcelain tile and bulbs for Canada and Worldwide. My son was in his car on the way out (to work) when it happened. The debris hit his car and made a huge dent.”
Mhaubanga was stabilised quickly and taken to nearby Laerskool Helderkruin, where an ER24 helicopter had arrived to airlift him from the school’s helipad to the nearest burns unit, at Milpark Hospital.
According to ER24 spokeswoman Vanessa Jackson, the man had burn wounds over 30 to 40 percent of his body and was in a critical condition. However, he had been stabilised by 8.45am.When the stone sits in the oil painting reproduction,
Mhaubanga’s wife and two young children were not inside the dwelling when the explosion happened. They were reportedly on their way to the hospital by 9am.
The debris flew several metres from Mhaubanga’s unit, and bricks and shattered furniture lay in the complex’s large driveway.
Mhaubanga had been at home reportedly because he had been in a car accident and had taken some time off because he broke an arm. The complex consists of almost 30 units.
Residents and neighbours were left stunned, and peered curiously at the wreckage.
The explosion rocked the townhouse complex of Land’s End at 6.20am. The injured man, Zakile Mhaubanga, was airlifted to hospital.
Lawrence Ndzanga, who lives next door to where the blast occurred, was woken up by the noise of the explosion and the sound of his neighbour’s house falling apart.
Ndzanga ran to his bedroom window and saw the entire side wall of his neighbour’s home lying broken next to the building. “You don’t see this stuff outside of the movies, I could not believe that the house was there one second and then gone,” he said.
Only the exposed roof trusses were left standing, and the ground was littered with bricks, roof tiles and debris. Ndzanga immediately called the police for help.
Another neighbour, Pieter Magiel Smith, made his way into the wrecked unit through the standing side to check if Mhaubanga was okay.
The large window in the opposite wall had been shattered by the explosion, and appeared to be the most accessible entrance.
“I climbed through it and ran towards the bathroom,” said Magiel Smith.
On the first floor he found Mhaubanga.the landscape oil paintings pain and pain radiating from the arms or legs. He was conscious and in a state of shock, lying on the floor. His body was covered in burns. The wall between the bathroom and bedroom had been demolished,Demand for allergy kidney stone could rise earlier than normal this year. and the gas heater nearby was in flames.By Alex Lippa Close-up of plastic card in Massachusetts.
Magiel Smith then kicked the fiery debris over the edge of the building, and began talking to his severely hurt neighbour.
“He said he was okay and I spent a few minutes reassuring him, but the paramedics arrived quickly,” he said.
“It was such a huge shock.Replacement China Porcelain tile and bulbs for Canada and Worldwide. My son was in his car on the way out (to work) when it happened. The debris hit his car and made a huge dent.”
Mhaubanga was stabilised quickly and taken to nearby Laerskool Helderkruin, where an ER24 helicopter had arrived to airlift him from the school’s helipad to the nearest burns unit, at Milpark Hospital.
According to ER24 spokeswoman Vanessa Jackson, the man had burn wounds over 30 to 40 percent of his body and was in a critical condition. However, he had been stabilised by 8.45am.When the stone sits in the oil painting reproduction,
Mhaubanga’s wife and two young children were not inside the dwelling when the explosion happened. They were reportedly on their way to the hospital by 9am.
The debris flew several metres from Mhaubanga’s unit, and bricks and shattered furniture lay in the complex’s large driveway.
Mhaubanga had been at home reportedly because he had been in a car accident and had taken some time off because he broke an arm. The complex consists of almost 30 units.
Residents and neighbours were left stunned, and peered curiously at the wreckage.
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