At least 20 people have been killed, and dozens more injured [+79?] in a fuel tanker explosion, in Akkar in northern Lebanon, according to the Lebanese Red Cross.
The explosion occurred early on Sunday morning.
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Gord May "If you didn't have the time or money to do it right in the first place, when will you get the time/$ to fix it?"
This being a cruising forum and all, it should be mentioned that this was a road vehicle, not a tank ship.
Apparently the military found a tank truck hidden by black marketeers and was handing out gasoline to local residents when...
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"There was a rush of people, and arguments between some of them led to gunfire which hit the tank of gasoline and so it exploded," said a security source.