Terrorist act at oil storage depot in Russia

[Dover]

Terrorist act at oil storage depot in Russia

06/05/2004 15:51

Massive explosion has hit an oil storage depot three kilometers away from the city of Neftekumsk of the Stavropol region in Russia. The explosive device went off under one of the oil tanks at the storage facility. The building went into flames.

The incident occurred at 03:00 AM MSK. There were 5 000 tons of oil in the reservoir in time of the explosion. Upon their promp arrival, officers of the criminal investigation department found another explosive in the building.

By 07:20 AM MSK the fire was fully extinguished. There has been no information regarding victims of the explosion. "Luckily, oil leakage has been avoided due to a ditch around the oil tank," reported a guard of the oil storage depot.

The explosion followed by strong fire did not pose a threat to residents of the neighboring village of Kamysh-Burun, informed a source at the regional department of emergence situations.

Police instigated a criminal case of "terrorism"...>

http://english.pravda.ru/accidents/21/96/382/13026_explosion.html

[Kool Kitty]

1. As America is occupied by the death of a former President,

horrible things continue to happen to the rest of the world without taking a moment off. This is bad, but I guess it could have been much worse. Looks like the village residents are safe, at least. This is the kind of stuff that worries me, living in NJ, where you can't swing a cat (and I better not catch you swinging any cats) without hitting a refinery or chemical plant. Homeland Security (which is a joke) doesn't seem to be too concerned with making sure that they are guarded.

[thebigidea]

2. was thinking about that while experiencing the joys of the turnpike today

those creepy tanks right by the road, making north jersey look like some Blade Runner nightmare at night...