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Oil tanker on fire in Providence harbor
Local TV news
Posted on 07/18/2006 8:01:21 PM PDT by Semper911
An oil tanker moored in Providence harbor was apparently struck by lightning, and is burning in towering flames. I posted this in breaking because there is an LPG tanker moored nearby, and officials are worried the mooring lines on the burning tanker will burn through, and it will drift toward the LPG.
TOPICS: Breaking News; US: Rhode Island
KEYWORDS: oiltanker
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Anyone in S. New England needs to keep an eye on this.
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posted on
07/18/2006 8:01:23 PM PDT
by
Semper911
To: Semper911
Did anyone see a bright light ascend toward the tanker just before the explosion? Oh, 270 of you did? Then this was caused by a spark in the fuel tank.
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posted on
07/18/2006 8:03:55 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
("He hits me, he cries, he runs to the court and sues me.")
To: Semper911
Will this cause a BIG BOOM?
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posted on
07/18/2006 8:04:17 PM PDT
by
AZRepublican
("The degree in which a measure is necessary can never be a test of the legal right to adopt it.")
To: Semper911
Practically a zero chance that the LPG tanker will explode. Fire nearby won't do it.
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posted on
07/18/2006 8:04:28 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: ClearCase_guy
Did anyone see a bright light ascend toward the tanker just before the explosion? Oh, 270 of you did? Then this was caused by a spark in the fuel tank. Dude, how insensitive and thoughtless of you.
Have you no respect?
and ya beat me to it.
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posted on
07/18/2006 8:08:07 PM PDT
by
LasVegasMac
(Islam........not fit for human consumption.)
To: Semper911
Prayers for all those in danger.
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posted on
07/18/2006 8:08:24 PM PDT
by
skr
(We cannot play innocents abroad in a world that is not innocent.-- Ronald Reagan)
To: Dog Gone
Practically a zero chance that the LPG tanker will explode. Fire nearby won't do it.It is the impact from an adrift tanker that they are worried about. They can't get close enough to put out the fire near the mooring lines.
Reporter on the scene just said: "I don't like what I am hearing on the scanner. I am getting out of here."
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posted on
07/18/2006 8:08:54 PM PDT
by
Semper911
("We can stand here like the French, or we can do something about it." -Marge Simpson)
To: LasVegasMac
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posted on
07/18/2006 8:09:35 PM PDT
by
NinoFan
To: NinoFan
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posted on
07/18/2006 8:10:26 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
("He hits me, he cries, he runs to the court and sues me.")
To: ClearCase_guy
And a very lame one @ that.
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posted on
07/18/2006 8:11:14 PM PDT
by
COEXERJ145
(Free Republic is Currently Suffering a Pandemic of “Bush Derangement Syndrome.”)
To: Semper911
LPG = Liquified Petroleum Gas?
To: Semper911
Can't the LPG tanker get underway?
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posted on
07/18/2006 8:12:16 PM PDT
by
em2vn
To: ClearCase_guy
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posted on
07/18/2006 8:12:28 PM PDT
by
NinoFan
To: NinoFan; ClearCase_guy
I don't get it. I take the 5th.
Please ask ClearCase_guy for an explanation.
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posted on
07/18/2006 8:12:44 PM PDT
by
LasVegasMac
(Islam........not fit for human consumption.)
To: NinoFan
Not-so-obscure reference to TWA flight 800. But I have no idea why someone would post that about this situation, though.
You should see the video of this thing. Towering flames, and firefighters say they can't even think of getting near it. It is massive.
Providence harbor, by the way, is in the middle of a major metro area.
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posted on
07/18/2006 8:14:24 PM PDT
by
Semper911
("We can stand here like the French, or we can do something about it." -Marge Simpson)
To: ClearCase_guy
Man local news is treating this like it's the end of the world. Ohh the humanity!! Looks bad, but the large LNG tank nearby will not a factor.
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posted on
07/18/2006 8:14:29 PM PDT
by
got_moab?
(got_moab? now comes complete with 50% MORE Hyper-conservatism!!)
To: em2vn
Takes many hours, exspecially if they are unloading.
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posted on
07/18/2006 8:14:34 PM PDT
by
Toby06
(True conservatives vote based on their values, not for parties.)
To: em2vn
It's an LNG tanker. Nitrogen. Super cooled. Could be very dangerous.
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posted on
07/18/2006 8:14:56 PM PDT
by
ladyjane
To: Semper911
Watching local Providence TV station NBC 10.
This is a gigantic blaze. It is an industrial area....no homes involved but concern is that other tanks could blow.
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posted on
07/18/2006 8:15:13 PM PDT
by
JulieRNR21
(Annoy the liberal media....Go here to Help.......http:// ElectHarris.com)
To: ClearCase_guy
85 Dolphins reported seeing "stiff looking" shark run right into the hull just before the fire started.
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posted on
07/18/2006 8:15:53 PM PDT
by
msnimje
(There is no way we can lose if we stay in Iraq and no way we can win if we cut and run.)
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