Oil truck explodes in Congo, kills 220.

[Identity]

A [i]woman[/i] lit a kerosene lamp that caused it to blow.

Also, they were just bringing in the 4th of July for us Americans.

[jacam]

[QUOTE=Dr. Fishtastic;23114793]Bonga Bonga Bonga I don't wanna leave the Cong-
[IMG]http://www.sannaranch.com/Trailer-Explosion.JPG[/IMG][/QUOTE]

:bravo:

[PLing]

Hang on I've heard this before, didn't this happen like two years ago? Why is there no date or link to source?

[Neddy]

[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/10497716.stm[/url]

[Kade]

[quote]wiki: Omalanga said that one local resident, attempting to steal fuel, was smoking a cigarette at the time, a spark from which ignited the fuel.[/quote]

And the darwin award goes to...

[bravehat]

Hmmm

Light a kerosene lamp near the tanker, and smoking a cigarette.

Yeah I'm really sorry, they deserved it, you don't light shit around volatile substances.

[acds]

Good thing they don't have nuclear reactors down there, people rushing to steal the Uranium whenever there is a problem would be quite problematic.

[The_Lizard_Xing]

[QUOTE=The_Fly56556;23118162]Do you even know what goes on in that part of the world?[/QUOTE]

How many times have you been to the Congo?

[bravehat]

[QUOTE=acds;23122424]Good thing they don't have nuclear reactors down there, people rushing to steal the Uranium whenever there is a problem would be quite problematic.[/QUOTE]

Yeah but with reactors there wouldn't be a problem.

...unless it was african designed...

[The_Lizard_Xing]

[QUOTE=bravehat;23122630]Yeah but with reactors there wouldn't be a problem.

...unless it was african designed...[/QUOTE]

thats not very nice

[bravehat]

If your average african lights a kerosene lamp near volatile fuel I can only imagine in sheer horror how shit their nuclear reactors would be.

It would be like chernobyl but every reactor goes up in a ploom of radioactive ash and dust.

:synpa:

[Zakk]

and everyone dies.

[b]everyone.[/b]

[Electrocuter]

[QUOTE=Sparkwire;23114974]i doubt that.[/QUOTE]

In a place where people are still accused of witchcraft and killed for it?

[PrismatexV8]

Sorry for the minor bump, but I just found some pictures of the whole thing and thought I'd share them.
[img]http://imgur.com/ZOcqD.jpg[/img]
The rest are :nws: for charred bodies and such.
[url]http://imgur.com/Fx1gP.jpg[/url]
[url]http://imgur.com/I3fE3.jpg[/url]
[url]http://imgur.com/QO4ls.jpg[/url]

[Ridge]

Holy shit.

[ExplodingGuy]

[QUOTE=Ridge;23198357]Holy shit.[/QUOTE]

[JDK721]

christ, looks they had a BBQ

[PrismatexV8]

[QUOTE=JDK721;23206784]christ, looks they had a BBQ[/QUOTE]

Dude, at least I don't burn shit when I barbecue.

[JDK721]

[QUOTE=PrismatexV8;23210954]Dude, at least I don't burn shit when I barbecue.[/QUOTE]

you burn something else :smugdog:

[The mouse]

It was the Norwegians :ninja:

[Boba_Fett]

Didn't the same thing happen when a bunch of Taliban hijackers stole a Coalition Fuel truck a while ago?