Accident at Al-Bustan/Al-Waab HUGE FIRBALL
The video was taken through a cellphone at 1:43pm. The noise was the radio, and the guy that talks is my driver. The truck makes an explosion noise at the end but because i got startled i accidentally pressed the stop button.....
Does anyone have anymore details?!!?
Really want to know what happened...the smoke cloud is huge!
[mod note: added youtube clip]
You can't teach experience...
QS, yep I was lucky. About the same time I was reading about it on QL, I got a text from my son (whom I was going to pick up), so I took my alternate route. Which actually has become my normal route anyway because Al Waab is always terrible!
I didn't see any of it, except that Al Waab was reeeeally backed up when I was coming back.
But then I was going the other way :-)
NFH, at least you had a chance "to reroute yourself"..:) I was at this intersection at the very same when tanya suggested you to do so... I was heading to QSTP...I got stuck there, and the road was blocked by the police anyway... My buddy called me and suggested to go all the way back and to approach QSTP through TV R/a… this way I was late only 10-15 minutes.. if I stayed on the queue on Al Waab, I’d probably miss a whole meeting...
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It can flip a Woqood oil tanker and make it explode.
We should ban these Landcruisers/SUV's from now on.
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of respondents than any other news channels available in doha.
that's why...
The future is made of the same stuff as the present - Simone Weil.
and still cars are passing by... risky...
Looking at the video, I love how people don't seem bothered by it and are waiting right next to it. I'd have accelerated out of there pronto!
how is the situation now?
i think the roads prob fine now...they closed off the road when I was there...5 mins after the accident took place
slow moving around the accident scene. Need to cross this signal to get to my home when I leave Ras Laffan in about +- an hour.
The future is made of the same stuff as the present - Simone Weil.
those thick black smoke and flames look so horrible...it's probably going to make headlines tomorrow morning..
fortunately I do not think there are any casualties. That friend saw the driver run out after the truck tipped over...no idea if there were others in the vehicles
we appreciate it. Now we know where exactly it happened.
All I can say, it's always crazy driving here in Qatar:(
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Thats terrible - does anyone know if there were any casulaties?
considering it happened to two of the most recklessly driven vehicles in Qatar.
“A lot of the people who keep a gun at home for safety are the same ones who refuse to wear a seat belt”
a friends vid...
...the tanker was still exploding in places, perhaps the trucks air tanks or something. I took a few pics with my phone, but don't know how to post them here...
I hope no one was hurt.
I wondered what the smoke was from and why the traffic was backed up on the Salwa Road all the way to Midmac bridge. I was stuck in Maamoura for nearly 30 minutes.
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Oh I saw the huge smoke cloud but didnt know what it was.
I don't advise going down that road at all, I was stuck there for two hours when the flames were being doused. It was chaos. Still backed-up traffic for half the length of that road.
ppl plz dnt go near salwa rd... :(
Moving on is simple; it's what you leave behind that makes it so difficult .
damn, sounds serious hope everyone is ok...
it seems it is really a serious accident, hope noone got hurt
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Thanks tanya, which way is blocked? I need to plan my approach lol
Guess I better leave early!
oh..i mean its still early...who knows later this day, place of accident will be ok, and flow oftraffic will be normal...
traffic??? dont ask.... one way is blocked, please reroute urself...
I'm headed that way soon. How's the traffic, or do I even need to bother to ask?
Waqood tanker hit a Land Cruiser and flipped...
Hope that noone is hurt...
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smokes gone down, fire brigade rspond so quick,plus medical ambulance are on like...our office is between al waab signal and the new bridge, and can be seen here..hope no one is hurt... o yeah..its the petrol tanker truck blew up...
Oh No - Hope my new watch doesn't melt before I get a chance to buy it!
Looks like a tanker truck has exploded and is currently on fire at the Petrol Station next to Al-Waab/A-Bustan Signal.
No other info at the moment...