Huge blast leaves 25 dead - TV report - Afghanistan

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Kabul - At least 25 people were killed and 23 wounded when a fuel tank exploded in Afghanistan's western Herat province on Sunday after a welding accident, provincial authorities and state television reported.

The blast ripped through the centre of a small village along a highway in remote Shindand district not far from a U.S. military base, said Ghulam Mohammad Masoan, spokesman for the provincial governor.

"It was an accident," he told Reuters. "A gas truck had some problem and the driver tried to weld it. That set off an explosion that triggered another explosion."

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I have no idea what the media is doing. Here they use 'wounded' when I think injured is more appropriate because it was an accident. Then the American Media Whores report 'injured' in Iraq when our soldies are shot with guns and RPGs. Bush has led our world to insanity! To the Valley of the Shadow of Death.

[saigon68]

1. Darwin Principle

Always weld a barrel, tank or other item that once contained propane or gas and never vent it.

[dArKeR]

2. This story brings to mind during the first week of Iraq's invasion when

American troops fired on a pick-up truck, killing the driver and passenger, because it had small propane tanks in the back. It had to be a suicide vehicle.

Anyone who has been overseas knows that every household uses these tanks as acooking/water heater source. I've seen them delivered by trucks and motorcycles. This incident showed how much of heros the American soldiers were. But the journalists, who probably have no idea about the reality, never questioned for details. I remember the story did state the vehicle was just driving down a side street and not coming at a check-point. The story pointed how the soldiers prevented a bombing. Could they have just been delivering propane gas to homes?