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Oil tanker overturns and explodes in tunnel, 19 dead

2022-12-18 23:06:48Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

 

 

Oil tanker overturns and explodes in tunnel, 19 dead
The tunnel in Afghanistan

At least 19 people have been killed and dozens injured in a fire inside a road tunnel in Afghanistan, local officials say. An oil tanker overturned and caught fire in the Salang tunnel - which connects the capital Kabul with the northern provinces - on Saturday evening.

The fire spread to other vehicles before it was extinguished the next morning. Photos posted on social media show several completely burnt vehicles after the incident.

“The fuel tank exploded… I fell. My clothes caught fire," said an injured witness in the tunnel. Some of the bodies were badly burned, a senior health official in Parwan was quoted as saying by the AFP news agency.

"Among the dead, it was very difficult to identify who was male and who was female," he added. At least 32 people were injured, while in terms of victims, it is thought that the number may be higher than 19.

The Salang Tunnel is 2.6 km long and is located at an altitude of about 3,400 m. It was completed in 1960 and is considered an engineering masterpiece by the Soviet Union. The main road crosses the Hindu mountains and is often closed for days due to accidents and avalanches.

A tunnel fire in 1982 killed at least 400 people, although some estimates put the death toll in the thousands.


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