New Posts For Thread: WOW, Pakistan tanker firehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30893845/wow-pakistan-tanker-fireYou never cease to be amazed.120 people reported burnt to death after a tanker crashed and the local arrived with bowls to gather the fuel, while smoking cigarettes.As Andy Gray used to say on Sky Sports; 'Take a bow son'.PAKISTAN —Alerted by an announcement over a mosque’s loudspeaker that an overturned tanker truck had sprung a leak, scores of villagers raced to the scene with fuel containers Sunday to gather the oil. Then the wreck exploded.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30893845/wow-pakistan-tanker-fire?post_id=552226661#552226661PAKISTAN —Alerted by an announcement over a mosque’s loudspeaker that an overturned tanker truck had sprung a leak, scores of villagers raced to the scene with fuel containers Sunday to gather the oil. Then the wreck exploded.Mon, 26 Jun 2017 06:27:58 -0500In my few years in Africa decades ago I always read the local newspaper for the amazing stories.Bus driver with full load of passengers raced a train to a railway crossing. It did not end well.At a construction site two drivers got into an argumenthttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30893845/wow-pakistan-tanker-fire?post_id=552225473#552225473In my few years in Africa decades ago I always read the local newspaper for the amazing stories.Bus driver with full load of passengers raced a train to a railway crossing. It did not end well.At a construction site two drivers got into an argumentSun, 25 Jun 2017 19:35:25 -0500fuel trains regularly derail in the USA. It's at least one a year. they have the footage on youtube.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30893845/wow-pakistan-tanker-fire?post_id=552224177#552224177fuel trains regularly derail in the USA. It's at least one a year. they have the footage on youtube.Sun, 25 Jun 2017 15:20:25 -0500There was also a train accident in Pakistan some years ago where not two but 3 trains were running on one track and all 3 collided at the next station.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30893845/wow-pakistan-tanker-fire?post_id=552220227#552220227There was also a train accident in Pakistan some years ago where not two but 3 trains were running on one track and all 3 collided at the next station.Sun, 25 Jun 2017 05:50:51 -0500I remember a court case where an arsonist poured petrol around this house then, not realising that the vapour coming off it in a confined space is highly flammable, lit a ****... kaboom!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30893845/wow-pakistan-tanker-fire?post_id=552220207#552220207I remember a court case where an arsonist poured petrol around this house then, not realising that the vapour coming off it in a confined space is highly flammable, lit a ****... kaboom!Sun, 25 Jun 2017 05:38:00 -0500There is a video on the internet where a group of kids put a mouse's tail on fire and the mouse runs into their house and in no time the whole house is on fire. Dont know if its real though. Looked real as it was all in one shot.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30893845/wow-pakistan-tanker-fire?post_id=552220201#552220201There is a video on the internet where a group of kids put a mouse's tail on fire and the mouse runs into their house and in no time the whole house is on fire. Dont know if its real though. Looked real as it was all in one shot.Sun, 25 Jun 2017 05:36:58 -0500There was a huge explosion in china I think it was only the other year that wiped out a mid sized town.Another in Europe where a freight train ploughed into a gas storage facility I think and the train was carrying liquid gas, or something like that.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30893845/wow-pakistan-tanker-fire?post_id=552220157#552220157There was a huge explosion in china I think it was only the other year that wiped out a mid sized town.Another in Europe where a freight train ploughed into a gas storage facility I think and the train was carrying liquid gas, or something like that.Sun, 25 Jun 2017 05:26:58 -0500saw this on the history chanel - The Texas City disaster was an industrial accident that occurred April 16, 1947, in the Port of Texas City. It was the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history, and one of the largest non-nuclear explosions. Orighttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30893845/wow-pakistan-tanker-fire?post_id=552220121#552220121saw this on the history chanel - The Texas City disaster was an industrial accident that occurred April 16, 1947, in the Port of Texas City. It was the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history, and one of the largest non-nuclear explosions. OrigSun, 25 Jun 2017 05:10:31 -0500Not many more unusual disasters than this one..http://www.historytoday.com/chuck-lyons/sticky-tragedy-boston-molasses-disasterhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30893845/wow-pakistan-tanker-fire?post_id=552220079#552220079Not many more unusual disasters than this one..http://www.historytoday.com/chuck-lyons/sticky-tragedy-boston-molasses-disasterSun, 25 Jun 2017 04:43:58 -0500One of my personal 'faves' was the couple of kids in America who were p1ssing around with a can of petrol in the kitchen of one of their houses.They poured the fuel into the cap and attempted to light it.They couldn't see the invisible flame and assuhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30893845/wow-pakistan-tanker-fire?post_id=552220029#552220029One of my personal 'faves' was the couple of kids in America who were p1ssing around with a can of petrol in the kitchen of one of their houses.They poured the fuel into the cap and attempted to light it.They couldn't see the invisible flame and assuSun, 25 Jun 2017 04:25:37 -0500