DR Congo oil tanker blaze 'kills 220'

07-03-10, 02:39 PM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/10497716.stm

As bad as the situation at the Gulf of Mexico is, it could be worse.

Platapus · 07-03-10, 03:28 PM

220 people dead 111 wounded

And some of them were trying to collect the spilled fuel.

That a tragic accident.

07-03-10, 03:39 PM

The other oil tanker accidents from Africa really underline the fact that these things just happen there and it's smaller news then, say, the BP spill.

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October 2009: At least 70 people burnt to death when tanker explodes in Anambra state, Nigeria, setting fire to minibuses
November 2008: Tanker overturns and explodes in Ghana, killing at least 22 as people scoop up fuel
August 2008: Similar incident kills dozens of villagers in explosion in northern Cameroon
January 2008: Dozens of people reported dead as tanker explodes near Port Harcourt, Nigeria
March 2007: Up to 100 dead in blast after trying to collect fuel from broken-down tanker in Nigeria's Kaduna State

Zachstar · 07-03-10, 11:16 PM

What is absurd is that despite the obvious danger a good number of dead are people who attempted to steal fuel from the damaged tanker.

What insanity!

07-04-10, 02:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Zachstar

What is absurd is that despite the obvious danger a good number of dead are people who attempted to steal fuel from the damaged tanker.

What insanity!

You'd be surprised what people do when forced to exist in poverty. If they succeed in getting fuel a couple of times they may think that it's not dangerous. Until something happens.

Reece · 07-04-10, 02:50 AM

When I first read the Thread title I assume a ship "oil tanker" cosidering the number of fatalities!!

Amazing so many killed by a "truck tanker", what a terrible disaster!

SteamWake · 07-04-10, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by OneToughHerring

The other oil tanker accidents from Africa really underline the fact that these things just happen there and it's smaller news then, say, the BP spill.

Mostly because there not US ships off the US coast.

What was that huge leak in the Gulf a few years ago... Ixtoc or something like that. Was a pretty big leak compared to the Horizon yet little was said about it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixtoc_I_oil_spill

krashkart · 07-04-10, 08:37 AM

Damned awful incident, all from one flipped truck even.

Schroeder · 07-04-10, 08:55 AM

That is the problem with poverty. People are so desperate to get something valuable that they ignore the dangers coming from that. A real tragedy.

papa_smurf · 07-04-10, 01:44 PM

The reason this was so bad, was that when the truck flipped over, ppl were packed in nearby buildings watching the Ghana match, then some idiot lit a lamp and well we know what happend next.

Was watching it on the BBC news channel earlier today - truely shocking.

07-03-10, 02:39 PM	#1
OneToughHerring Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	DR Congo oil tanker blaze 'kills 220' http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/10497716.stm As bad as the situation at the Gulf of Mexico is, it could be worse.

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,361 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	220 people dead 111 wounded And some of them were trying to collect the spilled fuel. That a tragic accident. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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Zachstar Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Shreveport, Louisiana Posts: 1,956 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	What is absurd is that despite the obvious danger a good number of dead are people who attempted to steal fuel from the damaged tanker. What insanity! __________________

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Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,688 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	When I first read the Thread title I assume a ship "oil tanker" cosidering the number of fatalities!! Amazing so many killed by a "truck tanker", what a terrible disaster! __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

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krashkart Navy Seal Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 5,292 Downloads: 100 Uploads: 0	Damned awful incident, all from one flipped truck even. __________________ sent from my fingertips using a cheap keyboard

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Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	That is the problem with poverty. People are so desperate to get something valuable that they ignore the dangers coming from that. A real tragedy. __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.

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papa_smurf Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2,851 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	The reason this was so bad, was that when the truck flipped over, ppl were packed in nearby buildings watching the Ghana match, then some idiot lit a lamp and well we know what happend next. Was watching it on the BBC news channel earlier today - truely shocking. __________________