2012 Tanker Fire Deaths
On 12 July 2012, at least 92 people were killed following the crash of a petrol tanker on the main east-west road in Okogbe. Many of the victims had been attempting to scoop up spilled petrol, when the tanker caught fire.
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Famous quotes containing the words fire and/or deaths:
“We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it.”
—Tennessee Williams (1914–1983)
“Death is too much for men to bear, whereas women, who are practiced in bearing the deaths of men before their own and who are also practiced in bearing life, take death almost in stride. They go to meet death—that is, they attempt suicide—twice as often as men, though men are more “successful” because they use surer weapons, like guns.”
—Roger Rosenblatt (b. 1940)