TimesLIVE reports that according to paramedic service ER24, three people were injured in an “explosion” at a Germiston factory on Wednesday afternoon.  

In an initial media release, ER24's Ineke van Huysteen said that paramedics arrived about 3pm and found a patient with fatal injuries.  However, in a later release, she indicated: "No fatalities on the scene as reported earlier. Unfortunately, we made a mistake in our earlier press release."  A medical helicopter was used to airlift two of the injured to hospital, while the third was taken for treatment via ambulance.

• Read the original of the short report in the above regard by TimesLIVE

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