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Death toll in S. Sudan's oil tanker blast tops 150: report
Xinhua ^ | 2015-09-18 18:17:17

Posted on 09/18/2015 5:30:48 PM PDT by BenLurkin

"Our situation here in Maridi is not good," he said, pointing out that most of the injured people are women and children.

He added that other badly burned bodies have also been found around the wreckage of the tanker.

On Thursday, Information Minister of Western Equatoria State Charles Kisagna said over 100 people were killed and about 50 others injured in South Sudan when an oil tanker swerved and exploded.

The minister noted that "those people may not survive because we do not have the facilities to treat the highly burnt people."

The oil tanker was traveling from the South Sudanese capital Juba to Yambio in Western Equatoria but it broke down near Maridi, where people had flocked around it to scoop up the spilled fuel when it exploded.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.xinhuanet.com ...


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KEYWORDS: burns; fire; southsudan; tankers; tankertruck; thermosbottle

1 posted on 09/18/2015 5:30:48 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Since crude doesn’t explode like that, refined, what? Gasoline, kerosene?


2 posted on 09/18/2015 5:41:30 PM PDT by jonascord (It's sarcasm unless otherwise noted... This time, it's not.)
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To: BenLurkin

Note to self...


3 posted on 09/18/2015 5:42:04 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: jonascord

I’m guessing gasoline.

Impoverished people looking to steal a little gas to sell, and dying for it.

Like something out of Mad Max.


4 posted on 09/18/2015 5:42:53 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: 2banana
Hang on a minute. Gotta gas up my lawnmower....


5 posted on 09/18/2015 5:46:07 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin
Impoverished people looking to steal a little gas to sell, and dying for it.

Not sure I would call scooping fuel out of the water stealing. Here we call it environmental cleanup.


6 posted on 09/18/2015 5:53:35 PM PDT by 867V309 (Trump: Bull in a RINO Shoppe)
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