Ponda: A tanker carrying about 20,000 litres of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) going towards the Bharat Petroleum refilling plant at Verna which made a sharp turn at Baitakhol-Borim in Ponda late Monday afternoon resulting in it falling on its side and spilling the ATF.
The Ponda police with the help of Ponda fire and emergency services personnel were in the process of lifting the tanker until late evening. Hundreds of liters of ATF poured out from the lid of the last compartment of the tanker. The fuel flowed along the sides of the tarred road at the accident site. A boy was also spotted collecting the flowing fuel in a small can. ATF is a fuel used only in aircrafts and costs 75 a liter in Mumbai as per the hiked rates in September, 2013.
Sources from the ABF Transport Company, Mumbai, (owner of the tanker) initially denied the incident of fuel pouring out of the tanker. "It is quite difficult for the furl to pour out as the lids of the tanker remain airtight. If the fuel pours out from its lid, there could be damage to the inside of the tanker compartment," he said.
15/04/14 Times of India
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The Ponda police with the help of Ponda fire and emergency services personnel were in the process of lifting the tanker until late evening. Hundreds of liters of ATF poured out from the lid of the last compartment of the tanker. The fuel flowed along the sides of the tarred road at the accident site. A boy was also spotted collecting the flowing fuel in a small can. ATF is a fuel used only in aircrafts and costs 75 a liter in Mumbai as per the hiked rates in September, 2013.
Sources from the ABF Transport Company, Mumbai, (owner of the tanker) initially denied the incident of fuel pouring out of the tanker. "It is quite difficult for the furl to pour out as the lids of the tanker remain airtight. If the fuel pours out from its lid, there could be damage to the inside of the tanker compartment," he said.
15/04/14 Times of India
