Incident Report

 

Subject:    Belgian Gas Pipe Blast - 15 Feared Dead and Hundreds Injured
Date of Email:    Sun 01/08/2004

Report Detail:


Tragically fire-fighters have lost their lives whilst attempting intervention.

Belgium - A huge blast on a leaking gas pipeline in Belgium Friday sent giant fireballs in the air and catapulted bodies hundreds of yards in the biggest industrial disaster in the country's recent history.

An Interior Minister said several of the dead were firemen who were setting up a security perimeter after the leak was reported.

 
Linked documents:

BBC website article

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