LPG tanker explodes in Kannur, Kerala 35 hurt & 2 killed
An LPG tanker lorry exploded
near the Chala temple, six km from the town, around 11 p.m. on Monday
(27.08.2012), leaving at least 12 persons, including women, with burns.
Six of the seriously injured have been taken to the Pariyaram Medical
College Hospital.
The
fire spread extensively in the area following the explosion, but by
midnight the blaze was brought under control, reports said. Though it
was a major accident, the scale of destruction was much
less than what was feared initially, as rescue operations were
initiated by the police and Fire and Rescue Services personnel
immediately after the explosion. The police cordoned off the area.
Police and Fire and Rescue Services personnel from
Kannur and Thalassery rushed to the spot to secure the area and check
the spread of the fire. Reports said there were two explosions. Local
people said that they could see fire raging in the area. Even the Fire
and Rescue Services personnel could not initially reach near the spot
because of the extensive fire that covered a large area. There were
reports that the explosion occurred after the driver alighted from the
lorry on finding a gas leak.
Fire
units from different parts of the district were pressed into service to
bring the fire under control. Hundreds of local people were engaged in
taking the injured to nearby hospitals. The police said vehicular
traffic in the area was stopped following the incident.
The
impact of the accident was minimised by the workers in the lorry
alerted the people in the nearby areas immediately after the accident
and before the explosion. Fire engulfed the area immediately after the explosion.
Cause behind the explosion is yet to be ascertained.
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