Oil Tanker Catches Fire

A person was killed while eight others suffered injuries when an oil tanker overturned and caught fire here on Sunday, officials said.

A massive fire erupted on a flyover in Punjab's Ludhiana after an oil tanker was up in flames after it hit a divider. The flyover was covered with black smoke billowing from the oil tanker, which overturned after hitting the divider.

A moving tanker caught fire near Kashedi Ghat in Poladpur Taluka of Maharashtra's Raigarh district late on Saturday evening.

Police sources said that it is yet to be ascertained whether the tanker exploded after colliding with some vehicles or the vehicles collided with the on-fire tanker.

India on Tuesday sent fresh supplies of firefighting chemicals to help battle a new blaze on a stricken tanker loaded with a massive cargo of crude oil off Sri Lanka's eastern coast.

Another fire has broken out on the fully loaded supertanker that was ablaze just a few days ago off the coast of the Sri Lanka, the Indian Navy said today. Efforts have been intensified to bring the fire under control.

Three days after it collided with another ship off the coast of Shanghai, the tanker Sanchi is on fire and leaking oil into the East China Sea.

An overturned oil tanker exploded in a huge fireball in Pakistan Sunday, killing at least 139 people and injuring scores as crowds scavenging for fuel ignored warnings to stay clear, officials and witnesses said.

At least 123 people were killed when an oil tanker exploded after it overturned in Pakistan's Punjab province on Sunday morning, police said.

A major blaze broke out in west Delhi's Punjabi Bagh area in Delhi on Wednesday after a truck containing plastic material caught fire and the flames spread to engulf an empty oil tanker and a nearby complex housing several warehouses and shops.

Several train cars carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire on Wednesday along the James River in Virginia, with three black tankers ending up in the water and leaking some oil.

An LPG bullet tanker today caught fire after it overturned on the national highway at Kallyasseri, about 10 kilometres from Kannur.

A gas tanker carrying Liquefied Petroleum gas rammed into a hotel on the National Highway 2 near Mathura and burst into flames today.

A fire broke out on Sunday in a crude oil tanker in Rajasthan's Sirohi district.

A person was killed while eight others suffered injuries when an oil tanker overturned and caught fire here on Sunday, officials said.

A massive fire erupted on a flyover in Punjab's Ludhiana after an oil tanker was up in flames after it hit a divider. The flyover was covered with black smoke billowing from the oil tanker, which overturned after hitting the divider.

A moving tanker caught fire near Kashedi Ghat in Poladpur Taluka of Maharashtra's Raigarh district late on Saturday evening.

Police sources said that it is yet to be ascertained whether the tanker exploded after colliding with some vehicles or the vehicles collided with the on-fire tanker.

India on Tuesday sent fresh supplies of firefighting chemicals to help battle a new blaze on a stricken tanker loaded with a massive cargo of crude oil off Sri Lanka's eastern coast.

Another fire has broken out on the fully loaded supertanker that was ablaze just a few days ago off the coast of the Sri Lanka, the Indian Navy said today. Efforts have been intensified to bring the fire under control.

Three days after it collided with another ship off the coast of Shanghai, the tanker Sanchi is on fire and leaking oil into the East China Sea.

An overturned oil tanker exploded in a huge fireball in Pakistan Sunday, killing at least 139 people and injuring scores as crowds scavenging for fuel ignored warnings to stay clear, officials and witnesses said.

At least 123 people were killed when an oil tanker exploded after it overturned in Pakistan's Punjab province on Sunday morning, police said.

A major blaze broke out in west Delhi's Punjabi Bagh area in Delhi on Wednesday after a truck containing plastic material caught fire and the flames spread to engulf an empty oil tanker and a nearby complex housing several warehouses and shops.

Several train cars carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire on Wednesday along the James River in Virginia, with three black tankers ending up in the water and leaking some oil.

An LPG bullet tanker today caught fire after it overturned on the national highway at Kallyasseri, about 10 kilometres from Kannur.

A gas tanker carrying Liquefied Petroleum gas rammed into a hotel on the National Highway 2 near Mathura and burst into flames today.

A fire broke out on Sunday in a crude oil tanker in Rajasthan's Sirohi district.