{"id":45876,"date":"2026-04-19T07:57:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T05:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/a-gas-tanker-has-caught-fire-on-the-n12-west-just-before-the-comaro-road-off-ramp\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T07:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T05:57:09","slug":"a-gas-tanker-has-caught-fire-on-the-n12-west-just-before-the-comaro-road-off-ramp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/a-gas-tanker-has-caught-fire-on-the-n12-west-just-before-the-comaro-road-off-ramp\/","title":{"rendered":"A gas tanker has caught fire on the N12 West just before the Comaro Road off-ramp."},"content":{"rendered":"

The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) wishes to advise motorists of a major incident on the N12 Highway in the Bassonia area. A gas tanker has caught fire on the N12 West just before the Comaro Road off-ramp.<\/p>\n

Due to the volatile nature of the fire and the risk of explosion, all lanes in both directions (Eastbound and Westbound) will be closed to traffic.<\/p>\n

Emergency services are currently on the scene. Firefighting operations are underway. The area remains highly hazardous.<\/p>\n

The closure is expected to last for several hours to allow firefighting, cooling of the tanker, and subsequent mop-up operations.<\/p>\n

Motorists are urged to avoid the area entirely and follow the designated diversion points:<\/p>\n

* N12 Westbound (Heading toward Soweto): Traffic will be diverted at the R59 Reading Interchange.<\/p>\n

* N12 Eastbound (Heading toward Alberton): Traffic will be diverted at Kliprivier Drive.<\/p>\n

To bypass the incident, consider using these alternative routes:<\/p>\n

1. M1 North\/South…<\/p>\n

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The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) wishes to advise motorists of a major incident on the N12 Highway in the Bassonia area. A gas tanker has caught fire on the N12 West just before the Comaro Road off-ramp. Due to the volatile nature of the fire and the risk of explosion, all lanes in both […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45877,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/HGPV_K0bQAAqD_s.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/HGPV_K0bQAAqD_s.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}