Posted on 06/25/2017 4:31:27 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The death toll from an oil tanker fire in Pakistan has risen to 153, with dozens more in a critical condition, and the fatalities are expected to increase.
The disaster happened when scores of people from a village raced with jerry cans to the spot nearby where the vehicle had overturned to collect the leaking fuel.
The crowd screamed as the flames engulfed them, said Saznoor Ahmad, 30, whose two cousins were killed in the fire....
(Excerpt) Read more at belfasttelegraph.co.uk ...
I doubt that any of us can relate to the dire poverty that would compel you to approach a leaking tanker with the hope of scoring a couple of gallons of free fuel.
Don’t the Nigerians usually hot-tap petroleum lines causing their fires?
Yes they do.
Gee....all those poor mussies dead....shame A
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