Pakistan oil tanker inferno kills at least 140

[Magrat Garlick]

Pakistan oil tanker inferno kills at least 140 - BBC News

Another piece of unimaginable news...

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Crikey, that is awful.

 

[honestbharani]

Good God RIP

 

[_Ed_]

So horrific. ****.

 

[vogue]

Terrible stuff. Truly horrific.

 

[Furball]

There's a Darwin award there for whichever genius decided whilst gathering fuel from a truck pissing petrol all over the road that this would be the perfect time to light a cigarette.

 

[fredfertang]

I appreciate that not all oil derivatives are readily combustible but lighting a cigarette in that situation is still the dumbest thing I've heard of - far too many reminders recently of how fragile life is

 

[honestbharani]

I dont know which is sadder.. That so many people gathered to pick up fuel that was spilling or that someone lit a cigarette while doing that. If they were not desperate to collect fuel this many lives would not have been lost but if the dumb person who decided he needed a smoke immediately could have put it off, this could have been avoided as well.

 

[vcs]

Imagine if the guy who lit the cigarette actually survived. I'm not sure he'd ever live down the guilt.

Terrible news.

 

[Burgey]

Awful news. Devastating tragedy

 

[Daemon]

Just seen the video of the aftermath and the victims bodies. Fmd all that's left for some are their skeletons. I really hope it was quick and painless, horrible stuff.

 

[Flem274*]

jesus christ

 

[Zinzan]

Ouch, sad indeed. Not like that part of the world doesn't have enough tragedies as is it. without an industrial disaster.