Copacetico1
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Free Road closed last night
A PEMEX tanker truck caught fire on the northbound Free Road last night at Cuesta Blanca.
http://www.afntijuana.info/seguridad/130993_se_incendia_pipa_de_pemex_en_la_carretera_libre_tijuana_rosarito#ver_nota
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surabi
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Holy moly. Looks like the entire cab burnt up. Can't imagine the driver survived.
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chippy
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Wow! Lucky the cargo didn't explode.
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BajaBlanca
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Miracle that the driver was not hurt and that the cargo did not explode. Someone is counting their lucky stars!
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bajatrailrider
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People its a Diesel Truck they dont explode like gas. May have been fuel leaking on manifold driver. Had time to get out Lucky guy
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David K
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Maybe it was empty... although fumes are more explosive than liquid fuel, right?
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AKgringo
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Correct! I worked on the demolition of warehouse on a pier that had burned in Cordova, Alaska. In the rubble was the remains of a boat that was
completely destroyed, except for a full tank of gasoline (probably a couple of hundred gallons). No fumes, no explosion!
The local workers on the job were ecstatic, because gasoline has always been very expensive in remote ports off of the road system.
[Edited on 8-10-2022 by AKgringo]
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"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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David K
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Pemex Truck on Fire Video
While searching for the source of the Miraflores Fire story (that was really in Santiago per Nomads), I found the short video clip of the Pemex Truck
fire:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2633586319996086/permalink/5...
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AKgringo
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I watched a semi burn like that on Donner Summit about eight years ago! It was at the bottom of sweeping turn westbound from the summit, and it had
just started snowing. I was toward the front of a massive pileup that trapped me there for four hours.
My Kia was not damaged, but it was trapped! I was not allowed to stay in my car because the CHP and Sherrif's department could not find the driver to
determine what the cargo was, and if it could explode.
It turned out that the driver was standing right near me, but he was from Mexico and did not speak English, or know they were looking for him!
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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