Foreign Worker Arrested for Accidentally Blowing Korean Oil Storage Tank

Even if this is the cause of the fire, I have to wonder what the safety measures are around these fuel tanks if a “sky lantern” can blow one of these oil tanks up:

A blaze erupts at a gasoline storage tank operated by a state-run oil pipeline company in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, Oct. 7. Yonhap

The police have arrested a Sri Lankan national in its probe of a recent explosion at a local oil storage facility, police officials said Monday.

The arrest came one day after an explosion at the oil storage facility in Goyang, just north of Seoul, consumed a large storage tank with 2.66 million liters of gasoline, enough to fill 250 tank trucks.

The police said the 27-year-old Sri Lankan is believed to have accidentally caused the fire by releasing a sky lantern in the vicinity of the oil storage facility.

The police believe the sky lantern may have started the fire when it fell on the lawn of the oil storage facility, causing flames that later spread into the ventilation system of the oil tank, causing the explosion.

The 27-year-old is said to be a construction worker currently working at a site near the facility.  [Korea Times]

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J6Junkie
J6Junkie
6 years ago

We’re lucky the NORKs never thought about blowing up key facilities here. Probably as easy as this was.

ChickenHead
ChickenHead
6 years ago

So he blew up a gas storage facility…

…with a sky lantern?

I see.

I guess I won’t be having to rent that Ryder truck. Will the farmer’s market give me a refund on unopened ammonium nitrate?

Anybody know the best place to buy candles? Seems I only really need one.

So little amazes me anymore.

setnaffa
setnaffa
6 years ago

The “sky lantern” probably looked like this: http://www.taraross.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Japanese-balloon-bomb-college.jpg

The Japanese used them in WW2. Other countries, including China and Iran used them. It’s not a secret; but the people importing cheap labor from Islamic countries don’t want their labor costs to rise.

ChickenHead
ChickenHead
6 years ago

I guess he put a…

…wait for it…

…Tamil Tiger in your tank.

setnaffa
setnaffa
6 years ago

Ouch!!!

Flyingsword
Flyingsword
6 years ago

what a BS cover story. commie moon sabotaging need military fuel

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