Electrical workers critically injured in transformer explosion

Gauteng: At 10H38 Thursday morning, Netcare 911 responded to an alleged explosion near the Soshanguve Stadium on Buitenkant Street in Soshanguve, Pretoria.

Reports from the scene indicate that electrical workers were busy with repairs to the circuit breakers of a transformer when an arc flash occurred.

Medics arrived on the scene to find an adult male and an adult female lying on the floor, unresponsive.

The female patient had sustained sixty-five per cent full thickness burns and the male patient had sustained forty-five per cent full thickness burns.

Both patients who were in the critical condition required advanced life support intervention to stabilise them. Once treated, the female patient was flown by Netcare 911 helicopter to the hospital.

The male patient once stabilised was transported with an emergency care practitioner by government ems to the hospital for further care.

In Other News – VIDEO: Woman kidnapped in broad daylight in Cape Town

Western Cape police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the kidnapping of a 35-year-old woman in Cape Town.

It is understood the Ukrainian national was driving an Audi R8 when she was boxed in by two vehicles. The kidnapping happened just after 10 am on Thursday in Ipswich Road, near Saxdown Road, in Blue Downs.

Video footage of the 35-year-old woman being snatched in front of Nioro Plastics went viral on social media platforms. Watch Video