45 cars destroyed in Abu Dhabi gas blast
Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Police and civil defence teams brought under control the fire incident, which erupted in a building in Mussafah district in Abu Dhabi, at dawn on Sunday, when the gas central pipeline blasted in an eight-storey building.
Two people were injured in the incident which left the windows of 21 neighbouring buildings and 45 vehicles smashed.
Colonel Sheikh Mohammed bin Tahnoun Al Nahyan, Director of the Department of Outpost Police, who led the rescue teams, said the incident, which was followed up by H. H. Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, occurred at 03:30 am today.
He added that the report received by the operations room said thunderous blast was heard when fire erupted in a building at Mussafah Commercial district, East 10.
Based on the report, the rescue teams rushed to the scene of incident and extinguished the fire, he said, adding, a man and woman sustained light injuries and were rushed to Al Mafraq Hospital
According to the initial report, the incident was triggered by the leakage of gas from the central gas pipeline in the building, leading to the blast, Colonel Mohammed Al Nuaimi, Acting Director General of the Civil Defence in Abu Dhabi said.
BOTTOM LINE: ONLY 2 INJURIES????????????????
Audubillah from such calamities. Perhaps the injured may have been watchmen? Hope they recover soon and those who lost their cars get a handsome recompense. Can't even imagine how they must feel =(
I for one am relieved casualties were minimal. But I don't think the OP wanted to have more casualties. It just doesn't add up. It happened 3:30 in the morning when, I would think, all residents in the 8-storey building are still sleeping. The statements: "thunderous blast was heard when fire erupted" and "the windows of 21 neighbouring buildings and 45 vehicles smashed" means it wasn't just a minor explosion.
so sad.. sorry to hear,, maybe next time
What you want?
How much casualties...
Lets start a protest against it.. we need more casualties,