According to a Reuters report on June 29, a person familiar with the progress of the investigation said on Wednesday that the death of 21 young people in a bar on South Africa's eastern coast last weekend may have been caused by a harmful gas leak.

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According to a Reuters report on June 29, a person familiar with the progress of the investigation said on Wednesday that the death of 21 young people in a bar on South Africa's eastern coast last weekend may have been caused by a harmful gas leak. - DayDayNews

According to June 29, a person familiar with the progress of the investigation said on Wednesday that the death of 21 young people in a bar on the eastern coast of South Africa last weekend may have been caused by a harmful gas leak.

reported that in the tragedy at a well-known bar on the outskirts of east London , all the victims were teenagers, and the youngest was a 13-year-old girl.

A spokesman for the forensic team would not comment until the final investigation report is released.

The Eastern Cape provincial government said in a statement: "Autopsies have been carried out on the 21 young people who lost their lives and samples have been sent to the laboratory... for investigation."

Investigators are now investigating, anonymous sources told reporters One theory is that the young men died of gas poisoning in a poorly ventilated ground floor room.

He said investigators were conducting tests to determine whether carbon monoxide poisoning caused the death. Carbon monoxide may come from propane gas or another petroleum product burning in the bar.

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