Subject: China LPG Tanker Explodes Killing Three Firefighters
Date
of Email report:Mon 08/10/2012
Report Detail:
Caught on CCTV, an LPG s tanker exploded in central China on Saturday, killing three firemen and sending out a wave of LPG Vapour. The accident happened on the Changde-Jishou Expressway in Huaihua City, in Yunling county, in the Hunan Province of China. Chinese state television reports that a gas tanker exploded after firemen arrived on the scene to deal with the overturned vehicle. In the video footage, the tanker can be seen lying on the side of the road, next to the entrance to the tunnel.
Several fire engines are parked nearby. A sudden tank rupture occurs, sending out a huge cloud of LPG Vapour down the highway. The vapour cloud ignites and the explosion caused the death of the three firemen.
