LPG truck collision sparks explosion fear
Firemen were frantically struggling to contain the leak of highly-inflammable gas from a tanker truck that collided with a trailer on the inbound Bang Na-Trat Highway less than half kilometre from The Nation's head office.
At press time on Thursday night, fire engines were training water on the leaking tanker carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in their best efforts to prevent a possible explosion. The operation forced a closure of the inbound section of the highway with traffic backing up for kilometres. No immediate evacuation of nearby buildings were ordered by authorities concerned as the salvation attempt was going on.
The accident triggered fear of a possible tragedy similar to a 1990 incident in which an LPG truck crashed into a building on Phetchaburi Road in central Bangkok before it exploded in flames and killed more than 100 people caught in traffic jams and trapped in burning buildings around the scene.
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