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| Iraq |
| Fuel tank blast kills four, including two policemen |
| 2008-01-05 |
| (KUNA) -- At least four Iraqis, including two policemen were killed Friday in a fuel tank explosion at a checkpoint for inspection in Missan governorate in southern Iraq. Spokesman of Missan police told reporters the tank was loaded with gasoline exploded this evening at a checkpoint north of the city of Amarah that resulted in the death of two policemen at the checkpoint, the driver of the tank and his colleague. The explosion occurred after two policemen opened door the tank for the purpose of inspection, which led to an imbalance in pressure inside the tank. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Most fuel tankers are pressurized. There is a pressure relief valve near the inspection port. Most of the time, the pressure has to be equalized before the inspection port can be opened. I hope someone wasn't dumb enough to strike a match to look inside the tanker inspection port... |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2008-01-05 14:33 |
| #3 actually, most explosions CAUSE differential pressures /Physics 101 for Journalists |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-01-05 13:45 |
| #2 In English= 'booby trapped by insurgents'. |
| Posted by: smn 2008-01-05 06:28 |
| #1 The explosion occurred after two policemen opened door the tank for the purpose of inspection, which led to an imbalance in pressure inside the tank Islamic physics. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-01-05 03:27 |