A leaking oil tanker caught fire and exploded along a dusty road in southwestern Pakistan, killing two people and injuring 56 others, officials said Tuesday. The explosion happened as firefighters were trying to put out the fire Monday in the Naushki district of Balochistan province, local police officer Atta Ullah said. Firefighters and people in…
A 59-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of manslaughter, the police in northern England said, after a container ship crashed into an oil tanker in the North Sea a day earlier, leaving one crew member missing and presumed dead. The container ship, the Solong, struck the Stena Immaculate, an anchored oil tanker that…
An oil tanker and a container ship collided off the northeastern coast of England, according to emergency responders, who scrambled to the scene on Monday morning. Initial images shared by the BBC showed fire and thick black smoke rising from the ships. The British coast guard said it was “coordinating the emergency response to reports…
At least 70 people were killed and more injured in northern Nigeria on Saturday when a petrol tanker truck overturned, spilling fuel that exploded, the country’s national emergency agency said. The accident in Niger state follows a similar blast in Jigawa state last October that killed 147 people, one of the worst such tragedies in…
JAIPUR: Shatrughan Shah, 40, vegetable vendor, is running from pillar to post for help after losing his auto rickshaw in the devastating inferno triggered by a collision between an LPG tanker and a truck near Bhankrota on Jaipur-Ajmer highway on Dec 20. Despite suffering burn injuries to his face, Shah’s name does not appear on…
JAIPUR: The special investigation team (SIT) of Rajasthan police is working to piece together events leading up to Friday’s accident on Jaipur-Ajmer highway that claimed 13 lives and left over 30 injured. Police sources said they have requested detailed information regarding rules and regulations governing the transport of petroleum, oil, and gas products on roads…
JAIPUR: All eight persons who succumbed to burn injuries sustained in the fire that followed the accident at Bhankrota on Jaipur-Ajmer highway on Friday were under 40 years of age – all in their prime, either planning their careers, or had recently started families. Those currently on ventilator support at SMS Hospital here are under…
NEW DELHI: The death toll from the massive fire on Bhankrota Ajmer road in Jaipur has reached 14, according to Jaipur DCP West Amit Kumar. The fire started early Friday morning when an LPG tanker collided with a truck, causing a gas leak and a huge blaze.The flames destroyed 37 vehicles and left 28 people…
JAIPUR: An 800-metre stretch of the Jaipur-Ajmer National Highway near Bhankrota in the Rajasthan capital turned into a scene of unmitigated tragedy and devastation at dawn Friday after a collision between an LPG tanker and a truck set off a chain of explosions, killing 12 people, critically injuring at least 33, and leaving a row…