45 cars destroyed after explosion in Abu Dhabi.

[AtomicDongo]

[QUOTE]Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Police and civil defence teams brought under control the fire incident, which erupted in a building in Mussafah district in Abu Dhabi, at dawn on Sunday, when the gas central pipeline blasted in an eight-storey building.

Two people were injured in the incident which left the windows of 21 neighbouring buildings and 45 vehicles smashed.

Colonel Sheikh Mohammed bin Tahnoun Al Nahyan, Director of the Department of Outpost Police, who led the rescue teams, said the incident, which was followed up by H. H. Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, occurred at 03:30 am today.

He added that the report received by the operations room said thunderous blast was heard when fire erupted in a building at Mussafah Commercial district, East 10.

Based on the report, the rescue teams rushed to the scene of incident and extinguished the fire, he said, adding, a man and woman sustained light injuries and were rushed to Al Mafraq Hospital

According to the initial report, the incident was triggered by the leakage of gas from the central gas pipeline in the building, leading to the blast, Colonel Mohammed Al Nuaimi, Acting Director General of the Civil Defence in Abu Dhabi said. [/QUOTE]

source:[url]http://en.news.maktoob.com/20090001271456/45_cars_destroyed_in_massive_Abu_Dhabi_gas_blast/Article.htm[/url]

Holy shit!

[dogmachines]

I've heard of a gas pipeline rupturing, but never so explosively. Title is a bit misleading though, the vehicles just have smashed windows.

Is there a source with this?

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[AtomicDongo]

[QUOTE=dogmachines;33474952]I've heard of a gas pipeline rupturing, but never so explosively. Title is a bit misleading though, the vehicles just has smashed windows.

Is there a source with this?

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I have two sources. Both say 'destroyed' in the title.

[EmperorScorpious]

[QUOTE=AtomicDongo;33475004]I have two sources. Both say 'destroyed' in the title.[/QUOTE]

Media getting sensationalist

[ctlilc]

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;33475148]Media getting sensationalist[/QUOTE]

We wouldn't want that kind of stuff in the "Sensationalist Headlines" forum.

[C.C]

least no one was killed.

[MIPS]

Might this be a sign of what might come on the rapidly expanding city of dubai? It would be a disaster if all that engineering becomes marred by accusations of poor construction practices.
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[quote]Abu Dhabi and Dubai are two completely different emirates. [/quote]

.....Fuck. That was dumb of me.

[Conspiracy]

[QUOTE=MIPS;33476850]Might this be a sign of what might come on the rapidly expanding city of dubai? It would be a disaster if all that engineering becomes marred by accusations of poor construction practices.[/QUOTE]

Abu Dhabi and Dubai are two completely different emirates.

[Curls]

[QUOTE=ctlilc;33475177]We wouldn't want that kind of stuff in the "Sensationalist Headlines" forum.[/QUOTE]

Sensationalist Headlines, 100% non-sensationalist, liberal media since 2010.

[Dysgalt]

I may not know much about gas line explosions and such, but wouldn't this be caused by excessively high pressures? of course I could be completely wrong.

[Kung Fu Jew]

[QUOTE=J!NX;33477578]Sensationalist Headlines, 100% non-sensationalist, liberal media since 2010.[/QUOTE]

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