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SASOL plant explodes again

SASOL plant explodes again

Date
1 Sep 2004
Updated
30 Sep 2019
SASOL plant explodes again

The SASOL petrol plant in Secunda, Mpumalanga Province, went up in flames after a giant gas explosion, this time not as result of a political attack or sabotage but rather from a gas leak which ignited. The explosion claimed the lives of six people and more than 100 were injured. Forty-three of the injured were rushed to the Highveld Medi-Clinic to receive medical treatment, mainly for burn wounds.     

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  1. 01Sasol, Explosion at Sasol Polymers' Ethylene plant in Secunda form Sasol [online] available at www.sasol.com [Accessed: 30/8/2012]
  2. 02IOL, (2004), "Explosion rocks Sasol plant in Secunda", 01 September, form IOL,[Online] available at www.iol.co.za,[Accessed : 23 August 2013]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). SASOL plant explodes again. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013586

South African History Online (2011) 'SASOL plant explodes again', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013586 (Accessed: 30 July 2026).

South African History Online, SASOL plant explodes again [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013586, (accessed 30 July 2026).

"SASOL plant explodes again." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013586. Accessed 30 July 2026.

South African History Online. "SASOL plant explodes again." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013586.

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