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Kereta Tangker Gas Meledak (Italy)30june2009

Barusan ada berita mengejutkan di dunia perkeretaapian di Italy
karena ada ledakan dasyat kereta api yang sedang mengangkut gas pada hari selasa dini hari waktu stempat...


ledakan ini terjadi di sekitar kota Roma..saking hebatnya ledakan PM italy harus meninjau lokasi peristiwa tersebut..

Cuplikan beritanya dari DETIK:

Roma - Musibah tragis terjadi di Viareggio, Roma, Italia, yang merenggut sekurangnya 14 nyawa dan melukai 50 orang lainnya. Rangkaian kereta yang membawa elpiji anjlok di daerah permukiman lalu meledak.

Dalam berita yang dilansir Reuters, Selasa (30/6/2009), kecelakaan itu terjadi pada tengah malam, saat banyak orang sedang dibuai mimpi. Untuk mencegah jatuh korban lebih banyak, 1.000 orang dievakuasi dari permukiman tersebut.

"Keadaan darurat belum usai. Wilayah di lokasi kejadian sudah ditutup sementara operasi SAR masih terus berlangsung," kata Kepala Biro Perlindungan Masyarakat Sipil Italia, Guido Bertolaso.

Pejabat perkeretaapian setempat masih belum mengumumkan kenapa rangkaian kereta itu bisa anjlok. Namun musibah itu terjadi saat salah satu gerbong anjlok dan menarik 4 gerbong lainnya lalu meledak.

Petugas pemadam kebakaran berjibaku sepanjang malam untuk memadamkan api tersebut. Ledakan itu begitu dahsyat sampai-sampai ada mobil yang parkir juga ikut terbakar.

Perdana Menteri Italia Silvio Berlusconi dikabarkan sangat prihatin dengan kejadian ini. Rencananya, besok Berlusconi akan datang ke lokasi kejadian.

Cuplikan berita dari BBC News:

At least 12 people have been killed and some 50 injured after a freight train carrying gas derailed and exploded in northern Italy, officials have said.

The wagons jumped the tracks and crashed into several homes, setting off an inferno in the seaside town of Viareggio in the middle of the night.

Several of the victims died when their houses collapsed. There are fears some people may be trapped under the rubble.

Officials say there is still a risk that other gas tanks could explode.

'Terrifying explosion'

The explosion happened shortly before midnight local time (2300 BST) when one wagon in the 14-car train carrying liquefied petroleum gas from La Spezia to Pisa came off the tracks before ploughing into several homes near the station in Viareggio.
"It was a derailment that caused the explosion of one of the rail cars filled with liquefied natural gas. It was a very strong explosion," Viareggio Mayor Luca Lunardini said.

"Two buildings collapsed and burned down, there are others in a serious condition," he said.

A number of fires immediately broke out in the area.

Several of the victims, including at least one child, died when their houses collapsed with the force of the blast. At least two other people are thought to have been killed on the road next to the station.

Earlier, a spokesman for the fire service said 15 people had died.

Many of the injured suffered severe burns.

"The explosion was terrifying. The whole sky turned orange and there was a huge mass of dense smoke, we could feel the heat intensify. It is just awful... the smell is horrible," Penny Firth told the BBC.

Some 300 firefighters from all over Tuscany fought the blaze during the night. About 1,000 people were evacuated from their homes.

Rescue workers are still searching the gutted remains of many buildings for four people reported missing. Three children were pulled alive from their burnt homes just before dawn.

Officials said there was a danger of further explosions from other freight cars carrying inflammable material.
The head of Italy's Civil Protection Department called in specialist teams with equipment for dealing with nuclear, biological and chemical threats.

"The emergency and danger are not over. The area has been sealed-off and search and rescue operations are ongoing," Guido Bertolasso said.

The main railway line along the Italian Riviera, which runs through densely populated towns built between the mountains and the sea, remains blocked, reports the BBC's David Willey in Rome.

An official inquiry into the causes of the accident has already begun.

Police say the incident may have been caused by damage to the tracks or a problem with the train's braking system. Railway unions are blaming old and obsolete rolling stock, our correspondent says.

The train's two engineers, who were only slightly injured, said they felt an impact about 200m (650ft) outside the station, shortly before the rear of the train derailed, officials say.

Liquefied petroleum gas is a mixture of propane and butane that is used for cooking or as fuel for specially-adapted vehicles.


Foto-Foto peristiwa tersebut;
1.Membakar areal sekitar jalur tersebut




2.Evakuasi korban dari sekitar Tkp




3.PMK berusahan mendinginkan tangki




4.Sesaat setelah api padam




5.Pemukiman warga yang hancur akibat ledakan tersebut




6.Gerbong tangker berserakan




7.PMK masih berusaha mendinginkan

[Bravo Gege]

Gerbong tankinya masih lebih besar daripada punya kita yah???
maksimal muatan brapa tuh????

[cah_gemblungsepur]

ccckccckkk ya ampun parah banget,sampe mobil2 and rumah2 ikut terbakar jg,saya ikut berduka cita atas korban yang meninggal dunia

[Djack_Kendil]

From Kompas-TV.com

Dua kereta penumpang di China dilaporkan saling bertabrakan, Senin (29/6). Insiden tragis itu menewaskan 3 orang dan melukai 60 orang lainnya. Kecelakaan terjadi pada Senin Subuh di Provinsi Hunan.

Saat itu sebuah kereta api yang melintas dari kota Changsha, menuju Shenzhen, selatan China, menabrak kereta lain yang bergerak dari Tongren, Provinsi Guizhou, dengan tujuan sama, yaitu Shenzhen.

Kedua kereta api saling bertabrakan dan beberapa gerbong dari kedua kereta di antaranya keluar dari rel. Penyebab kecelakaan tersebut masih diselidiki.

Kantor berita Xinhua melaporkan, Menteri Kereta Api China telah mengelar sidak di stasiun Chenzhou, lokasi terjadinya kecelakaan, untuk melihat jalannya operasi penyelamatan.

Saluran telepon di stasiun, kantor pemerintah, dan rumah sakit di Chenzhou sulit dihubungi, sejak kecelakaan kereta api tersebut terjadi.














Original Source : Associated Press (AP)

Musibah Bisa terjadi kapan saja dan dimana saja....

[katyusha]

itu tankinya ngangkut gas cair (LNG) apa gas LPG...?serem amat...

[Bravo eling]

kan dijelaskan diatas bahwa KA tersebut Membawa Liquid Natural Gas (LNG)

[antimon40]

Kalo di Indonesia paling2 KA cuma bawa BBM & avtur. Jadi kalo anjlok nggak terlalu bahaya. CMIIW

[katyusha]

mohon maaf bacanya skimming,jd ga (≖᷆︵︣≖)..

BBM juga bahaya loh..kalo kena gesekan bisa mleduk...

[g10d]

Ngeri juga ya liatnya? gak kebayang kalo disitu ada kereta penumpang, mudah-mudahan sih jangan sampe terjadi.

[CC_20413]

Kalo di Indonesia paling2 KA cuma bawa BBM & avtur. Jadi kalo anjlok nggak terlalu bahaya. CMIIW

walaupun di indonesia cuma bawa BBM ma Avtur tapi tetep bahaya bro kalo ampe anjlok, soalnya dulu pernah kan ada PLH di jombang, kereta tangki full muatan anjlok n meledak karena kejadian di jembatan tuh tangki BBM bocor n membakar sungai sampe ada korban jiwa.