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Firefighters use foam to extinguish a gasoline tanker fire in Glendale, Calif., Saturday, April 7.
The California Highway Patrol reopened the eastbound 134 Freeway near where the gasoline tanker truck caught fire in a crash with a Honda sedan that sent flames and black smoke shooting into the air. Firefighters say about 6,000 gallons of fuel burned.
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Waves break over an Italian oil tanker, submerged by waves, that ran aground near Syracuse, in southern Sicily on March 11. The ship ran aground in high winds and seas off Sicily, the coastguard said, adding that the 19 crew were taken off by helicopter amid worsening weather.
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Rescuers work on an Italian oil tanker that ran aground near Syracuse, in southern Sicily on March 11.
An empty Italian tanker ran aground on rocks in bad weather off the Sicilian coast on Saturday and all 19 crew members were rescued, the coastguard said.
The 127-metre-long (415-feet-long) Gelso M was heading for the Sicilian port of Augusta, home of an oil refinery and chemical complex, to take on fuel.
The coastguard said the tanker, listed as an oil/chemical tanker, was not carrying cargo at the time of the accident.
The ship had taken on water in its engine room and plans were being made to move it from the rocks, the coastguard said.
-- Reported by Reuters
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Damage is seen on the Doola 3, an oil tanker carrying petroleum, after it exploded in waters off South Korea's western port city of Incheon Jan. 15.
According to the Korea Herald:
Doola Shipping, which operates the ship, said the explosion seems to have taken place while gas was being drained from the oil tank. "The vessel usually transports diesel, but this time it carried gasoline. We are now examining whether it had any relation to the explosion," a company official said.
The explosion was not caused by any external shock, Coast Guard officials said, adding it suddenly occurred when some crew members were cleaning the oil tank on the deck. They will request a forensic test for the case, the officials said.
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Boats of the South Korean Coast Guard patrol near the damaged Doola 3, center, an oil tanker carrying petroleum, after it exploded in waters off South Korea's western port city of Incheon Jan. 15. Five crew members were killed and six others are missing after the explosion of the 4,191-tonne freight ship, which had been carrying 16 crewmen -- 11 Koreans and 5 Myanmarese -- on board, in waters north of Jawol Island near Incheon, according to the coast guard.
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Smoke rises from a burning convoy of NATO fuel tankers after it was attacked by militants in the Behsod district of Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Nov 14.
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Afghans stand near the scene of an explosion in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Nov. 14. A bomb placed in a wheelbarrow exploded in the provincial capital of Jalalabad, killing at least one civilian and injuring nine other people, the Interior Ministry said.
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Fire rages on three fuel tankers and eleven cars at Ibafo Town on the Lagos Ibadan highway on Sunday, Sept. 5. More than a dozen vehicles including two mini buses burned as three tankers loaded with fuel exploded following a collision with a car near Lagos. A body burned beyond recognition and an occupant of one of the vehicles that escaped from the fire was seen lying unconscious at the scene.
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