Latest update November 26th, 2024 1:00 AM
Oil tank ignites during welding
Fire ignited by welders trying to dismantle a metal tank that contained remnants of lube oil caused fire to erupt inside the tank at the old GNIC wharf, Lombard and Sussex Streets, yesterday.
The welders were not injured in the process since they scampered from the tank immediately after the fire started.
Fire fighters were summoned to the scene after billows of black smoke filled the air as the oil burnt inside the tank.
At the scene fire fighters did the unpredictable and tried dousing the fire with water. This caused more destruction since the oil which would always float on top of the water overflowed out of the container causing the fire to spread outside the tank.
The fire fighters then used foam to quench the flames after realizing that using water was futile.
According to a fire official, they had to assess the magnitude of the fire before the used the foam.
One man said the tank which was very old was being dismantled to be sold as scrap iron since it served no purpose. The owner said that he was unaware that any lube oil was inside the tank at the time.
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