Two injured in oil tanker fire
18 April 2009
Two men, an Indian and a Bhutanese handy boy, suffered serious burns when an oil tanker caught fire at the Bhutan Oil Corporation fuelling station in Samdrup Jongkhar on April 14. The injured were taken to a Gauhati Hospital in India after administering first aid at Samdrup Jongkhar Hospital.
“One of the victims suffered more than 90 percent burn while the other suffered about 35 percent burn,” said the Dzongkhag Medical Officer.
According to a BOD official, the tanker was loaded with 3000 litres of petrol. The tanker caught fire when 6000 litres of diesel was being loaded. Police fire fighters and local volunteers managed to contain the fire that was ultimately put off by fire fighters from the Indian bordering town of Tamulpur and Rangia. Apart from the tanker and some equipment that were damaged in the explosion and the fire, there were no major damages to properties.
The superintendent of Samdrup Jongkhar police, Lieutenant Colonel Kinzang Rinzin, said that the preliminary investigation ruled out sabotage. “A burnt-out motor was found two metres from the tanker. There is a possibility of flying sparks from the motor having caused the fire,” he said.
“The fire could have spread and caused a major damage to properties had it not been for the bravery of the RBP and other fire fighters. Despite the risk, our people managed to contain it until the fire fighters from the two Indian towns with foam fire extinguishers managed to put it out,” said the police SP.
Some of the local residents expressed the need for a proper fire fighting tanker in the town. Currently, the dzongkhag has only one water trailer
By Gyembo Namgya.
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