June 3 disaster: Man accused of causing fire walks away free?

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• Larry. 9 years ago

  Do tourselves some good and let those so call experts conduct experiments to establish what is possible.If the.lite ciga was responsible the accuse should be the first to bear the brunt of the fury of the hell fire before any ...
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  Do tourselves some good and let those so call experts conduct experiments to establish what is possible.If the.lite ciga was responsible the accuse should be the first to bear the brunt of the fury of the hell fire before anyother.Bcos the fire will have started just at his feet.
  Let ur experiment determine your report.The report is baseless and lack any intellectual peace.The committee should have consisyed of adjunct faculty members from Universities,Scientist,Fire personel,Industrial Chemist,Harzardous material experts,Chemical engineers,Petro chemical engineers and certified liquified peroleum experts not court judges.
  You cant use logic to establish this kind of mystry.

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• Concerned 9 years ago

  ....but that alone does not make the man guilty.Who were the witnesses. did they survive.did the man know he was surrounded by petrol.if the man didn't burn he couldn't possibly have been close enough. if it's dark all the ma ...
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  ....but that alone does not make the man guilty.Who were the witnesses. did they survive.did the man know he was surrounded by petrol.if the man didn't burn he couldn't possibly have been close enough. if it's dark all the man would be seeing would be water and who would expect water to ignite.
  I am surprised a judge came to this conclusion as by definition of negligence includes the ability of the defendant to foresee the effects of his actions.To me rawlings shd be brought b4 the courts4 chopping grants to build flood defences

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• Debongoboy 9 years ago

  Is quite amazing,so this innocent man caused the disaster? in the first place u said the flood was mixed with fuel.So I don't think he caused it but rather the company for negligence and lack of maintenance culture. Water que ...
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  Is quite amazing,so this innocent man caused the disaster? in the first place u said the flood was mixed with fuel.So I don't think he caused it but rather the company for negligence and lack of maintenance culture. Water quenches fire not ignite... so who and what caused it now? answer plsssss....

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• Dakora 9 years ago

  The said man is not the cause of the fire. They just looked for somebody to hung on their incompetence. Did the station carry out repairs to avoid linkages? No any routine maintenance. Was the man smoking at a non-smoking zon ...
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  The said man is not the cause of the fire. They just looked for somebody to hung on their incompetence. Did the station carry out repairs to avoid linkages? No any routine maintenance. Was the man smoking at a non-smoking zone? If there was a linkage, could the gas have spread to the place where he was smoking? THEY SHOULD LOOK FOR SOMETHING BETTER TO TELL THE PUBLIC ON HOW THEY ARE GOING TO SOLV THIS PROBLEMS of improper maintenance at the filling stations.
  
  Filling stations must not even be sited at such area.

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• Yaa 9 years ago

  Our negligence is always killing people around us.

  Our negligence is always killing people around us.

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• Nii the great 9 years ago

  This is one of the most stupid articles I've ever read. The cause of the fire was gasoline leaking into the flood water, not a man smoking a cigarette. Utter nonsense.

  This is one of the most stupid articles I've ever read. The cause of the fire was gasoline leaking into the flood water, not a man smoking a cigarette. Utter nonsense.

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• Obed Adore 9 years ago

  Guy, think well. There must be a source of heat or fire to ignite the suspended oil slick on the flooded water ok.... Talking about something "stupid"? Just read your post again!! When gasoline leaks into water it floats on ...
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  Guy, think well. There must be a source of heat or fire to ignite the suspended oil slick on the flooded water ok.... Talking about something "stupid"? Just read your post again!! When gasoline leaks into water it floats on it and is carried away to wherever the water goes. It will only catch fire when there is a heat source ok..

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• Joe Navajo 9 years ago

  Cause of fire
  1a fuel seepage from underground petrol tanks
  1b. Ignited by discarded lighted cigarette butt

  Cause of fire
  1a fuel seepage from underground petrol tanks
  1b. Ignited by discarded lighted cigarette butt

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• Prince pM...... 9 years ago

  the said man is not the cause of the fire is due to our incompetence that led the fire

  the said man is not the cause of the fire is due to our incompetence that led the fire

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• Odikro 9 years ago

  If fire ignition was all about density, why doesn't coal tar ignit into flame when you drop burning matches on it? Isn't the density of both coal tar higher than those of water and petrol? Moreover, coal tar is a hydrocarbon.

  If fire ignition was all about density, why doesn't coal tar ignit into flame when you drop burning matches on it? Isn't the density of both coal tar higher than those of water and petrol? Moreover, coal tar is a hydrocarbon.

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