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Shaanxi Bus–tanker Crash
This is a list of notable tank truck fires and explosions. 1960s Toledo, Ohio, United States (1961) On 10 June 1961 a Standard Oil Standard Oil Company was a Trust (business), corporate trust in the petroleum industry that existed from 1882 to 1911. The origins of the trust lay in the operations of the Standard Oil of Ohio, Standard Oil Company (Ohio), which had been founde ... tank truck carrying 7,900 gallons of gasoline traveling through Toledo, Ohio, Toledo, Ohio rolled over and the gasoline that spilled caught fire and exploded killing four Firefighter, firefighters and injuring 11 more. Around eighty people were injured thirty of which were children. 1970s Monte Chingolo, Argentina (1975) On 23 December 1975, the People's Revolutionary Army (Argentina), People's Revolutionary Army (ERP), an Argentine Marxist–Leninist guerrilla, launched an assault on the 601st Arsenal Battalion, the largest in Argentina, in the town of Monte Chingolo, from Buen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tank Truck
A tank truck, gas truck, fuel truck, or tanker truck (American English) or tanker (British English) is a motor vehicle designed to carry liquids or gases on roads. The largest such vehicles are similar to railroad tank cars, which are also designed to carry liquid loads. Many variants exist due to the wide variety of liquids that can be transported. Tank trucks tend to be large; they may be insulated or non-insulated; pressurized or non-pressurized; and designed for single or multiple loads (often by means of internal divisions in their tank). Some are semi-trailer trucks. They are difficult to drive and highly susceptible to rollover due to their high center of gravity, and potentially the free surface effect of liquids sloshing in a partially filled tank. History Oil Prior to tank distribution, oil was delivered in cans. From the 1880s, it was distributed in horse-drawn tanks. In 1910, Standard Oil started using motor tankers. Anglo American Oil introduced underg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
