SANDRA Sesurai Mombeshora’s losses continue 10 days after the gas tanker disaster that drew international headlines on Christmas eve last year in Boksburg, South Africa.
Mombeshora lost her brother-in-law, Thomas Vushendibaba, 55, and his son Nathaniel, 19, in the disaster.
Vushendibaba was married to Mombeshora’s older sister, Audrey.
Mombeshora’s house is just 100 metres from the flyover bridge where a tanker carrying 60 000 litres of liquefied petroleum gas was stuck before bursting into a fatal ball of fire, claiming 35 lives by yesterday.
A number of injured are still in hospital in critical condition, while two females are still missing.
“On the day of the blast, I was woken up by a heavy bubbling sound at around 6.15am.
“At first, I thought a water pipe had burst and went outside to check. I then realised the sound was coming from outside the yard and then saw the truck stuck under the bridge,” said Mombeshora in an interview with H-Metro at the scene of the disaster.