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Smoke billows into the air after the explosion. (Welkom City via Facebook)
Welkom - Residents of Welkom have described how a methane
explosion on Saturday sounded like a bomb attack and damaged about 200 homes
and several other buildings.
The hand of God was over Welkom at the time, residents told
Netwerk24's Marti Will, as miraculously nobody was seriously injured.
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