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Associated Press | Beijing | 2:14pm, Jun 29, 2012
A tanker truck filled with petrol collided with a truck in Guangzhou on Friday, setting off an explosion
and a massive fire that left 20 people dead and 14 others hurt.
The tanker was carrying 40 tonnes of petrol when it crashed into the other vehicle early on Friday morning
on an expressway in the Guangdong capital, Xinhua News Agency said.
Oil leaked from the tanker truck and triggered an explosion that set a timber mill and work sheds under the
expressway bridge on fire, Xinhua said. Most of those hurt were workers from the factory and one of them
was severely injured, it said.
Other Chinese media reported that the tanker truck fell on its side and that the fire blazed across 2,000
square metres of land, burning several other vehicles.
Footage on CCTV’s noon bulletin showed the fire had been put out.
Associated Press | Beijing | 2:14pm, Jun 29, 2012
A tanker truck filled with petrol collided with a truck in Guangzhou on Friday, setting off an explosion
and a massive fire that left 20 people dead and 14 others hurt.
The tanker was carrying 40 tonnes of petrol when it crashed into the other vehicle early on Friday morning
on an expressway in the Guangdong capital, Xinhua News Agency said.
Oil leaked from the tanker truck and triggered an explosion that set a timber mill and work sheds under the
expressway bridge on fire, Xinhua said. Most of those hurt were workers from the factory and one of them
was severely injured, it said.
Other Chinese media reported that the tanker truck fell on its side and that the fire blazed across 2,000
square metres of land, burning several other vehicles.
Footage on CCTV’s noon bulletin showed the fire had been put out.
