excerpt: They are bright orange cylinders, about 4 inches long, bearing the name Pentex 16. The fuse looks like clothes line, but it has a black powder core. The cylinders are roughly equivalent in force to a stick of dynamite.
Sun 25 July, 2004 11:57
BERLIN (Reuters) - A Dutch-registered chemical tanker barge has exploded on a canal in Germany, killing one, believed to be the ship's captain, and injuring six, including his wife and two children, police say.
The blast early on Sunday came after the barge had discharged its load of naphtha in Essen in northwestern Germany, and had moored for the night in the Rhein-Herne canal, a spokesman for Essen police said.
The strength of the blast blew out windows in nearby buildings. It was not known what caused the explosion, he said.
German television showed the barge's tanks reduced to twisted metal but the vessel remained afloat.