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| Dozens burned after Nigeria petrol tanker spill |
| 2012-07-13 |
| [Al Ahram] Dozens of people who rushed to scoop up fuel after a Nigerian petrol tanker tipped over on Thursday suffered burns when the vehicle caught fire, and some deaths were reported, officials said. "People rushed there to scoop for fuel and there was a fire which consumed a lot of people," said police front man Ben Ugwuegbulem, of the southern Rivers state. A rescue official who requested anonymity said "some were killed in the inferno," but that casualty figures were still being compiled. The accident happened in an area called Ahoada near the oil hub of Port Harcourt in Nigeria's crude-producing Niger Delta region. Dozens of people "were caught in the blaze," said Onyema Mwachukwu, front man for the military's Joint Task Force (JTF) in the state. Major accidents, often involving large-haul trucks, are common in Nigeria, where many of the roads in extremely poor condition. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Annnd with Frank G's I'm headed to the bar for something other than a Flaming Doctor Ppper. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2012-07-13 22:57 |
| #5 Sad ... but common problem in Afruica any time there is an overturned gasoline tanker, or a ruptured gasoline pipeline. Locals are so poor that they rush to scoop up the gasoline in open containers, hoping to re-sell it. Inevitably, a spark causes the whole spillage to explode into a ball of flames and dozens are annihilated. Has happened several times in Kenya, now Nigeria, and this probably wont be the last time. |
| Posted by: Raider 2012-07-13 18:02 |
| #4 "Build a man a fire and he's warm for the rest of the night. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2012-07-13 11:39 |
| #3 Greedy bastards got the fuel, didn't do them much goof, good riddance. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2012-07-13 09:32 |
| #2 Death toll stands at 95. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-07-13 06:50 |
| #1 "People rushed there to scoop for fuel" Where I ended my reading. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-07-13 01:40 |