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China-Japan-Koreas
'Blast after N Korea train crash'
2004-04-22
Two fuel trains are reported to have collided in North Korea and triggered a large explosion, injuring many people. The blast was reported at Ryongchong station, 50km north of the capital Pyongyang, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said. The incident reportedly happened nine hours after North Korean leader Kim Jong-il passed through the station on his way home from a visit to Beijing.
Damm, this is what happens when you use a low bidder.

The report was based on information from sources on the Chinese city of Dandong, which borders North Korea, said Reuters news agency, monitoring Yonhap. North Korea rarely reports its own accidents.
Why should they, no accidents can happen under the enlightened rule of the Dear Leader. It must be a CIA plot.

Yonhap said that the colliding trains were carrying gasoline and gas, and that they crashed at around 1300 local time (0400 GMT). The report has not yet been confirmed by South Korean officials. "The station was destroyed as if hit by a bombardment and debris flew high into the sky," Yonhap quoted its sources as saying.
Gasoline tankers and LPG tank cars, firemans worst nightmare. I'll wager the gasoline caught fire and cooked off the LPG tankers. A BLEVE would match the report here.
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