At least 16 people, including three children, died in a toxic gas leak in South Africa yesterday.
Emergency services said that as many as 24 people died.
It wasn’t immediately clear why there was a discrepancy in the death toll.
Search and rescue teams were still working through the area trying to ascertain the extent of the casualties.
The gas leak happened in an informal settlement in the city of Boksburg on the eastern outskirts of Johannesburg, the South African Police Services said.