Geyser explosion survivor has lost everything
The young man's unit was left completely destroyed in the incident
THE father of the man whose geyser exploded in his Rhodes Court flat on Wednesday night says his son lost almost all his belongings.
The young man’s unit was left completely destroyed after the incident, which also left one car damaged beyond repair and three others badly impaired.
His father told EXPRESS that his son was lucky to have been asleep at the time of the incident, because had he been up on his feet, he would have been seriously injured from the force of the explosion.
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In the meanwhile, EXPRESS has learned that the owner of the silver Renault that was written off from the damage caused by the explosion, passed away in hospital in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
According to residents, the man had already been hospitalised for a heart problem before the geyser explosion incident.
